Ezekiel 3:2

2 And I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat,

Ezekiel 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:2

So I opened my mouth
To take in the roll, and eat it; he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; he did all that he could towards eating it, but was not sufficient of himself; and therefore it follows: and he caused me to eat that roll;
he, the Lord, put it into his mouth, caused him to eat it, and tilled him with it, according to his promise, ( Psalms 81:10 ) . The efficacy and sufficiency to think of good things, to meditate upon them, receive and digest them, are of God; it is he that makes men prophets, and able ministers. The Targum is,

``and I inclined my soul, and he taught me (or made me wise "with") what was written in this roll.''

Ezekiel 3:2 In-Context

1 And he said to me, "Son of man, what you find, eat! Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."

2 And I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat,

3 and he said to me, "Son of man, you must give your stomach [this] to eat, and you must fill your belly [with] this scroll that I [am] giving to you." And I ate, and it became {like sweet honey} in my mouth.

4 And he said to me, "Son of man, come! Go to the house of Israel, and you must speak to them with my words.

5 For you are sent to the house of Israel, not to a people {of obscure speech} and {of a difficult language},