Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 3
Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from the early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
Book Book of Ezekiel
Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Bible part 26
Category Nevi'im

Ezekiel 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1] This chapter contains the call for Ezekiel to speak to people of Israel and to act as a sentry for them.

Text

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

Verse 3

And He said to me,
"Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you."
So I ate,
and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.[3]
  • "Like honey in sweetness": Although the scroll contains "lamentations and mourning and woe" (Ezekiel 2:10), when eaten it tastes "as sweet as honey" in the mouth (Revelation 10:9-10).[4]

Verse 15

Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar;
and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. (NKJV)[5]
  • "Tel Abib" (Hebrew: תל-אביב‎, Tel Aviv; lit. "Spring Mound", where "Spring (Aviv) is the season") is an unidentified place on the Kebar Canal, near Nippur in what is now Iraq. The Kebar or Chebar river was part of a complex network of irrigation and transport canals that also included the Shatt el-Nil, a silted up canal toward the east of Babylon.[6][7]

Verse 23

So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. (NKJV)[8]

Verse 27

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth,
and you shall say to them,
"Thus says the Lord God."
He who hears, let him hear;
and he who refuses, let him refuse;
for they are a rebellious house.[9]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  2. ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Ezekiel 3:3
  4. ↑ Clements 1996, p. 17.
  5. ↑ Ezekiel 3:15
  6. ↑ Allen, Leslie C. (1994). Word Bible Commentary: Ezekiel 1–19. Dallas: Word, Incorporated. p. 22. ISBN 0-8499-0830-2.
  7. ↑ Block, Daniel I. (1997). NICOT: The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 1–24. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans. p. 84. ISBN 0802825354.
  8. ↑ Ezekiel 3:23
  9. ↑ Ezekiel 3:27

Bibliography

  • Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614.

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