Ezekiel 2


Ezekiel 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel and is one of the Book of the Prophets. In this chapter, set within a wider section from to Ezekiel 3:15, "Ezekiel receives a commission to go to the 'rebellious house' of Israel" and to speak for God.

Text

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 10 verses: by count of verses, it is the shortest chapter in the Book of Ezekiel.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Verse 2

  • "The Spirit in Judaism#Hebrew Bible|Spirit]": as "an empowerment" that Ezekiel's revelations and messages are from God. Andrew B. Davidson notes that the Spirit "is not said directly to be the spirit of God, though in a sense this is meant". He suggests that an alternative reading could simply be "spirit entered me".

Verse 3

Davidson notes that initially, the people to whom Ezekiel is sent are called "the children of Israel", but they are then spoken of as "nations". This may refer to the two houses of Israel, the north and south, or to "the people as a whole considered as consisting of larger divisions".

Verse 10

  • "On the inside and on the outside": unlike the ordinary scrolls which contain writing on only one side, this scroll was described as full of words on both side, dramatizing the fact that the oracle was given to Ezekiel by God. This may indicate a knowledge of Jeremiah's scrolls.

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