Ezekiel 2:9
7 But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
8 And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
10 which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
- KJV
- And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
- WEB
- When I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
- ASV
- And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
- DARBY
- And I looked, and behold, a hand was put forth toward me; and behold, a roll of a book therein.
- BLB
- And I looked, and behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, in it [was] a scroll of a book.
- ÅB
- Og jeg så, og se, en hånd var rakt ut til meg, og i den var det en bokrull.
- OTB
- Så så jeg, og se, en hånd ble rakt ut mot meg, og i den var en bokrull.
- B1930
- Og jeg så, og se, en hånd var rakt ut til mig, og i den var det en bokrull.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
Read in contextRevelation 5:1–5
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:1
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
Read in contextRevelation 10:8–11
Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”
Read in contextDaniel 10:10
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:2
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
Read in contextDaniel 5:5
At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
Read in contextHebrews 10:7
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
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