{"id":73084,"date":"2020-04-07T18:35:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=73084"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:35:23","slug":"ezekiel-eats-his-words-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/ezekiel-eats-his-words-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezekiel Eats His Words (Not)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"73084","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":37561,"related_cahpter":"454","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"It\u2019s God\u2019s words he eats, and expresses\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normally, when we say someone is \u201cgoing to eat their words\u201d, we mean that they are going to have to retract what they said. The idiom conveys shame or defeat. Perhaps when we eat our words, we feel the embarrassment of having to go back on what we said, as if the words we had spoken were somehow bitter or rotten, and now we must suffer their consequences. Sometimes, we must eat our words as a sign of our defeat, as if they are a bitter poison we had intended to wield against someone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in this chapter, as Ezekiel is called by God to be God\u2019s prophet among the Israelites, Ezekiel is made to literally eat his words just as God charges him to faithfully fulfill his mission. God feeds him a scroll, covered on both sides in lamentations and dirges. The implication is that these are the words that Ezekiel is to deliver as prophecy to the Israelites, for God has warned him that he must persevere even if the people don\u2019t listen. Though the English expression \u201cto eat your words\u201d was not part of the Biblical Hebrew vernacular, there is a sense in this chapter that Ezekiel might want to retract his words someday, rather than continue prophesying to the rebellious Israelites. But Ezekiel, as a prophet of God, cannot \u201ceat his words\u201d even if he wanted to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the call of prophecy: to stand up for a message of truth and justice, even when it is not easy. We can all be modern-day prophets, when we champion righteousness and integrity against a rising tide of apathy. Each one of us who strives to seek truth and advocate for our beliefs may someday feel that we want to \u201ceat our words\u201d, to recant our message in the face of opposition and pressure. Though the idea of \u201ceating our words\u201d may sound abhorrent, we may come to feel that it is better than standing up alone. 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