Ezechiele 3:2

2 Io aprii la bocca, ed egli mi fece mangiare quel rotolo.

Ezechiele 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.''

Ezechiele 3:2 In-Context

1 Ed egli mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, mangia ciò che tu trovi; mangia questo rotolo, e va’ e parla alla casa d’Israele".

2 Io aprii la bocca, ed egli mi fece mangiare quel rotolo.

3 E mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, nutriti il ventre e riempiti le viscere di questo rotolo che ti do". E io lo mangiai, e mi fu dolce in bocca, come del miele.

4 Ed egli mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, va’, récati alla casa d’Israele, e riferisci loro le mie parole;

5 poiché tu sei mandato, non a un popolo dal parlare oscuro e dalla lingua non intelligibile, ma alla casa d’Israele: