Ezekiel 3:2 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 3:2

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

KJV

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ASV

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll.

WEB

So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

YLT

And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.

DBT

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

About this book

Old Testament

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Jeremiah 25:17
Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
Acts 26:19
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Ezekiel 11:4
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

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When the Prophet is ordered to eat whatever he receives, this ought not to be extended to everything which he meets with, but, whatever may be the taste of the book, he is forbidden to refuse it: for its bitterness might possibly cause him to reject the threats of God. Lastly, the quality of the book is noted, because it contained nothing but the material for sorrow.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

We find St. John let into some part of the revelation by such a sign as this, Rev. x. He took the book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up, and it was, as this, in his mouth sweet as honey; but it was bitter in the belly; and we shall find that this was so too, for (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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