Ezekiel Chapter 2

Commission Of Ezekiel


2:1 Then he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.
2:2 A spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ Pronunciation: roo’-akh feminine noun Meaning: wind, breath, mind, spirit For more info click here
entered into me as he spoke to me, and stood me on my feet, and I heard him who was speaking to me.
2:3 And he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, I send you to the children of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
, to the rebellious nationsגּוֹיִם
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here
* The tribes of Israel are called nations (Radak) – From the Artscroll English Tanach that have rebelled against Me: they and their forefathers have transgressed against Me, even to this very day.
2:4 Because they are defiant, hardhearted children. I send you to them; You shall say to them, So says Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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2:5 Whether they will listen or not, (because they are a rebellious house,) yet will know that there has been a prophet among them.

Instruction


2:6 And you, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, don’t be afraid of them, or be afraid of their words, though they are thorns and thistles to you, and you live among scorpions: don’t be afraid of their words, or be intimidated at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
2:7 Speak my words to them, whether they listen or not: because they [are] very rebellious.
2:8 But you, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, hear what I say to you; Don’t
 you be rebellious like the rebellious house: Open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

Scroll of Ezekiel’s prophecy


2:9 And when I looked, and saw, a hand was outstretched to me; and, lo, in it was a scrollמְגִלָּה
Transliteration;mᵊḡillâ Pronunciation meg-il-law’ – scroll, roll, book, writing For more info click here
of a book;
2:10 He spread it out in front of me; and it had writing inside and out: and there was lamentations, and mourning, and woe written in it.

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