Ezekiel 2:8 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 2:8

And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

BSB

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ASV

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

KJV

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Vers. 7, 8.) And you shall speak my words to them: if perhaps they will hear, and be afraid, or be quiet, since they are provokers. But you, son of man, hear what I speak to you. Therefore, you must not cease, although they are wicked to whom we speak; indeed, according to the Apostle (II Tim. IV), we must preach the word of God opportune and importune, because it is possible that even a stubborn person may be corrected to gentleness, and someone who is obedient, with a change of will, may not hear.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The idea is to possess himself fully of the message and digest it in the mind; not literal eating, but such an appropriation of its unsavory contents that they should become, as it were, part of himself, so as to impart them the more vividly to his hearers.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
בֶן־	ven-	O son of	H1121 →
אָדָ֗ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
שְׁמַע֙	she.Ma'	hear	H8085 →
אֵ֤ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
מְדַבֵּ֣ר	me.da.Ber	[am] speaking	H1696 →
אֵלֶ֔יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּהִי־	te.hi-	you be	H1961 →
מֶ֖רִי	Me.ri	rebellious	H4805 →
כְּבֵ֣ית	ke.Veit	like [the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֑רִי	ha.Me.ri	<the> rebellion	H4805 →
פְּצֵ֣ה	pe.Tzeh	open	H6475 →
פִ֔יךָ	Fi.kha	mouth your	H6310 →
וֶאֱכֹ֕ל	ve.'e.Khol	and eat	H398 →
אֵ֥ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
אֲנִ֖י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
נֹתֵ֥ן	no.Ten	[am] giving	H5414 →
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4805merirebellious23×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
leads to
- Ezekiel 3:1–3
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 10:9–10
  And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
- Job 23:12
  I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 119:101–103
  I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Psalms 19:10
  They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Through
Revelation 10:9
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
leads to
- Jeremiah 15:16
  Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Through
Isaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
leads to
- John 14:31
  But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
Through
Ezekiel 3:10
“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
leads to
- Psalms 119:11
  I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel