Ezekiel 3:2

So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Ezekiel immediately after commanding him to consume the scroll in the preceding verse. Ezekiel complies by opening his mouth as God actively provides the scroll for him to eat.

The words — The Hebrew וָאֶפְתַּח (va'eftach) and יַאֲכִילֵנִי (ya'akhilēnî) literally render "and I opened" and "and He caused to eat." These verbs frame the event as Ezekiel's physical readiness met by God's direct provision of the scroll.

The thread — The motif of receiving divine instruction appears in Jeremiah 25:17, where Jeremiah takes a cup from the LORD’s hand and makes the nations drink from it. This theme of obedient response to a divine commission also surfaces in Acts 26:19.

Why it lands — The text states that Ezekiel opened his mouth while God fed him the scroll, establishing that prophetic reception requires both readiness and divine action. A reader must prepare to receive and obey the message God chooses to deliver.

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The Hebrew words

וָאֶפְתַּ֖חva./'ef.Tachand/ I opened אֶת־'et-<obj.>פִּ֑יP/imouth/ my וַיַּ֣אֲכִלֵ֔נִיva/i.Ya.'a.khi.Le./niand/ he caused to eat/ me אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>הַמְּגִלָּ֥הha./me.gi.Lahthe/ scroll הַזֹּֽאת׃ha./Zot<the>/ this

King James Version

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
Acts 26:19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.