Ezekiel 2:8-3:3

International Standard Version

The Vision of the Edible Scroll

⁸ “Son of Man, you are to listen to what I tell you. You are never to be rebellious like they are: a rebellious group.^[a] Now, open your mouth and eat what I’m giving you…”

⁹ As I watched, all of a sudden there was a hand being stretched out in my direction! And there was a scroll ¹⁰ being unrolled right in front of me! Written on both sides were lamentations, mourning, and cries of grief.^[b]

Ezekiel’s Commission to Prophesy

3 Then he told me, “Son of Man, eat! Eat what you see^[c]—this scroll—and then go talk to the house of Israel.” ² So I opened my mouth and he fed me^[d] the scroll.

³ Then he told me, “Son of Man, fill your stomach and digest this scroll that I’m giving you.” So I ate it, and it was like sweet honey in my mouth.