He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.”
Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 3:3 in context
Ezekiel 3:1–6
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He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
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He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.”
Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
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For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
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not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
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