Ezekiel 3:1
Good News Translation
God said, "Mortal man, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel."

New Revised Standard Version
He said to me, O mortal, eat what is offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said, "Ezekiel, son of man, after you eat this scroll, go speak to the people of Israel."

New American Bible
He said to me: Son of man, eat what you find here: eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.

eat.

Ezekiel 3:10 And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:

Ezekiel 2:8,9 But thou, O son of man, hear all that I say to thee: and do not thou provoke me, as that house provoketh me: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee. . . .

1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.

Revelation 10:9,10 And I went to the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book and eat it up. And it shall make thy belly bitter: but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. . . .

go

Ezekiel 3:11,15,17-21 And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear, and will forbear. . . .

Ezekiel 2:3 And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they, and their fathers, have transgressed my covenant even unto this day.

Jeremiah 24:1-7 The Lord shewed me: and behold two baskets full of figs, set before the temple of the Lord: after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, and his chief men, and the craftsmen, and engravers of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. . . .

Context
Ezekiel Eats the Scroll
1And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.2And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book:…
Cross References
Hebrews 10:7
Then said I: Behold I come: in the head of the book it is written of me: that I should do thy will, O God.

Revelation 10:9
And I went to the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book and eat it up. And it shall make thy belly bitter: but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

Ezekiel 2:9
And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein was a book rolled up: and he spread it before me, and it was written within and without: and there were written in it lamentations, and canticles, and woe.

Ezekiel 3:10
And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:

Ezekiel 2:10
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