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The book of Ezekiel contains many mystical visions starting with the fantastical \"overture\" description of the chariot of God. Easily lost in this initial grand display is the real beginning of the Book wherein God directs Ezekiel to eat a scroll presented to him by an outstretched hand in Ezekiel 2:8-3:2. This story is a continuation of the opening prophecy and occurs by the river Chebar in the fifth year of the exile of Jehoiachin prior to the destruction of the Temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just a few days ago, we read about another scroll, the scroll that Jeremiah instructed Seriah to write down and then cast into the Euphrates river in Jeremiah chapter 51:59-64. Jeremiah instructs Seriah to cast the scroll in the river in the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign. From Chapter 52 in Jeremiah, we know that Zedekiah reigned for 11 years, so this trip to Babylonia happened well before the destruction of the Temple. Even though Jeremiah is not written in chronological order, the Seriah story is an odd way to end the book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps this story is the last one mentioned in Jeremiah to link the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.\u00a0 The Chebar canal is thought to be the modern day Khubar river, which is a tributary of the Euphrates river. It's possible that the scroll that Jeremiah instructs to be thrown into the Euphrates river at the end of his book, is the very one that God feeds to Ezekiel from the Chebar river at the start of his book. 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When we internalize elements of a lesson that we\u2019re taught, when we allow ourselves to grow with a bit of received wisdom, the process generally operates on a psychological level.\u00a0 But as Ezekiel seems to dramatize, we can encounter prophetic truth physically and spiritually when we come to terms with what we allow into our minds and into our bodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Let\u2019s look at the physical first.\u00a0 At the end of Chapter 2, Ezekiel sees a hand which offers him a scroll filled with poetry.\u00a0 Later we\u2019re told that the prophet will eat the scroll and relish it as he might enjoy a spoonful of honey. A heavenly message fills him up like a good dessert.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And now let\u2019s consider a spiritual angle to prophetic internalization.\u00a0 At the beginning of Chapter 2, a spirit enters the prophet. Or are we indeed reading about spirituality when we read that in communing with the divine, Ezekiel is filled with \u201c<\/span>ruach<\/span><\/i>\u201d?\u00a0 Does that word mean \u201cspirit\u201d here, or \u201cwind\u201d?\u00a0 The context doesn\u2019t help us. We don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a \u201c<\/span>ruach Elokim<\/span><\/i>,\u201d a spirit of God, such as the presence that flutters above the water in the opening lines of Genesis.\u00a0 Perhaps we\u2019re reading about \u201c<\/span>ruach kodshekhah<\/span><\/i>,\u201d \u201cyour holy spirit,\u201d as we describe it to God -- the divine essence that Psalm 51 demands be allowed to remain a part of human experience.\u00a0 Or maybe we\u2019re meant to stay in the physical realm, with the opening verse of Chapter 2 telling us no more than that gusts of wind blew around Ezekiel\u2019s body and into his lungs, and that\u2019s what it was that allowed him to pick himself up off the ground and stand straight rather than grovelling in the divine presence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Any which way you look at it, Ezekiel incorporates into himself what he perceives as godly and digests the divine message so that he can disgorge his own understanding of that message to the people.\u00a0 The precise character of his charge is not entirely clear. 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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>\r\n

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>\r\n

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. When we feel alone, called to prophecy we know will be ignored, we can take comfort in our mission, knowing it is the same as Ezekiel\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":73085,"alt":"","title":"ez2-eat happy","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","width":910,"height":683,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","large-width":910,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","1536x1536-width":910,"1536x1536-height":683,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","2048x2048-width":910,"2048x2048-height":683,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","post_full_size-width":910,"post_full_size-height":683,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Ezekiel Eats His Words (Not)","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"It\u2019s God\u2019s words he eats, and expresses","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":73085,"alt":"","title":"ez2-eat happy","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","width":910,"height":683,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","large-width":910,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","1536x1536-width":910,"1536x1536-height":683,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","2048x2048-width":910,"2048x2048-height":683,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy.jpg","post_full_size-width":910,"post_full_size-height":683,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-eat-happy-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"454","date":"20270526","wall_id":"454"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":5,"id":"73087","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Ezekiel\u2019s Mission ","post_title":"Ezekiel\u2019s Mission","slug":"ezekiels-mission","old_id":"73087","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":72948,"post_title":"Tova Ganzel","slug":"tova-ganzel","old_id":"72948","first_name":"Tova ","last_name":"Ganzel ","description":"Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, and is one the first trained women\u2019s halakhic advisors (Yoatzot Halacha). 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Ezekiel is told at the outset that he is being sent to the nation to convey God\u2019s word, for them to know that a prophet was among them before the Destruction. But the people dwelling in Jerusalem \u2013 like those in Babylon \u2013 will not change their ways. The role of the prophet is not to bring about repentance but rather to convey God\u2019s word and thereby justify the imminent punishment. Therefore when he is commanded to eat the scroll, he is ambivalent. Just as the scroll contains lamentations, with no hint of redemption, so too Ezekiel\u2019s prophecy includes, initially, only the coming of the Destruction.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nonetheless, there is a message that the prophet addresses to each individual in his generation: the Temple is going to be destroyed, and the nation will be exiled from its land, but every person bears personal responsibility for his own fate, because even at this most bitter time there will be those who will die and those who will be saved. Every individual is responsible for their own actions. Ezekiel must therefore carry out his mission even if the nation\u2019s fate is already sealed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(This is excerpted, via hatanach.com, from a longer article. For the full article - <\/span>see here<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Ezekiel\u2019s Mission","tile_main_caption":"Though the nation\u2019s fate is already sealed, every Individual is responsible for their own actions","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"454","date":"20270526","wall_id":"454"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":6,"id":"73081","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Human: No Less, No More ","post_title":"Human: No Less, No More","slug":"human-no-less-no-more","old_id":"73081","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34250,"post_title":"Sarah Rudolph","slug":"sarah-rudolph","old_id":"34250","first_name":"Sarah ","last_name":"Rudolph","description":"Sarah Rudolph is a freelance Jewish educator, writer, and editor. She has been sharing her passion for Jewish texts of all kinds for over 15 years, with students of all ages. Sarah\u2019s essays have been published in a variety of internet and print media, including Times of Israel, Kveller, Jewish Action, OU Life, The Lehrhaus, TorahMusings, and more. Sarah lives in Cleveland with her husband and four children, but is privileged to learn online with students all over the world through www.TorahTutors.org and www.WebYeshiva.org. \r\n\r\n","short_description":"Sarah Rudolph is a freelance Jewish educator, writer, and editor.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":34251,"alt":"","title":"Sarah R","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R.jpg","width":2824,"height":4246,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-200x300.jpg","medium-width":200,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-681x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":681,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-681x1024.jpg","large-width":681,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R.jpg","1536x1536-width":1022,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R.jpg","2048x2048-width":1362,"2048x2048-height":2048,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-798x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":798,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sarah-R-279x420.jpg","home_baner-width":279,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"454","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Grounded, lofty, full of potential\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

He\u2019s known as \u201cson of Adam,\u201d which Abarbanel points out seems like kind of a superfluous description. \u201cIt is known that every one of the prophets was a son of Adam, and why was Ezekiel identified with this? And it is known that this \u2018name\u2019 is not a disgrace and is also not praise.\u201d What\u2019s the big deal about the fact that Ezekiel is human; why does it have to be highlighted every time he\u2019s addressed?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Several commentaries suggest that in the context of having experienced the profound vision of chapter one, Ezekiel needed to be brought down a notch, reminded of his humanity. \u201cHe called him \u2018son of Adam\u2019 so he would not become arrogant and think himself like one of the angels, because he\u2019d seen this great vision\u201d (Metzudat David). In this approach, Ezekiel\u2019s humanity isn\u2019t bad, per se, but it is less-than. He has seen such lofty sights that he needs to regain balance, to remain grounded, through repeated reminders that he is not so lofty himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the other hand, humans \u2013 as humans \u2013 have some loftiness to us too. Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer suggests Ezekiel is referred to as \u201cson of man\u201d as a constant reminder of his role as part of the great destiny of the Jewish people, specifically in relation to all of humanity: If the children of Israel are to be a light unto the many children of Adam, they must see themselves as part of that larger picture \u2013 and their prophet all the more so.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The lofty mission of the Jewish people, and the destiny of humanity as a whole, may not be angelic, but midrashic tradition likes to point out the advantage in that: only humans can actualize God\u2019s laws; angels are incapable of fulfilling His purpose for the world. So Ezekiel\u2019s humanity might be neither disgraceful nor praiseworthy, as Abarbanel noted \u2013 but it is both grounded and divine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps Ezekiel\u2019s nickname is meant to both emphasize and bridge the gap, to remind him that while there is vast difference between what he saw and what he is, he \u2013 and his people \u2013 have tremendous potential and responsibility to transcend it by working towards their divine purpose.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And as the prophet of the exile, he pursues that goal surrounded by a similar gap: reminders of the distance between the Jewish people and the divine presence on one hand, and the eternal fact of their mission in His Name on the other. 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At the very outset of this chapter, God called Ezekiel \u201cson of man\u201d (<\/span>ben adam<\/span><\/i>), a title that was almost exclusively his. Indeed, of about 50 times that this sobriquet appears in Tanakh, more than 40 are specific to this prophet. (Four appearances in Jeremiah and one in Psalms are generic, meaning \u201ca person,\u201d only in Daniel 8:17 does it designate a specific individual.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God then addressed Ezekiel who\u2014utilizing his first-person voice as we noted in our introduction\u2014reported: \u201cAs He spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard what was being spoken to me\u201d (2). The passive formulation\u2014\"what was being spoken to me\u201d as opposed to \u201cwhat He spoke to me\u201d\u2014is represented by an anomalous vocalization of the Hebrew: <\/span>middaber<\/span><\/i> (note the <\/span>daggesh<\/span><\/i> in the <\/span>dalet<\/span><\/i>), rather than <\/span>m\u2019daber<\/span><\/i>, a form that occurs elsewhere in Tanakh only apropos of God\u2019s communication with The \u201cFather of all Prophets,\u201d Moses.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Numbers 7:89 describes Moses\u2019s inaugural entry into the completed Tabernacle as follows: \u201cWhen Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing (<\/span>middaber<\/span><\/i>) him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Pact between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.\u201d Rashi took this as the reflexive form of the verb D-B-R and explained: \"He heard the Voice uttering to itself. It is out of reverence for the Most High God that Scripture speaks thus: The Voice was speaking to itself, and Moses would listen in.\u201d Here, too, he commented: \u201cIt is out of respect for the Most High. <\/span>M\u2019daber<\/span><\/i>, with the <\/span>shva\u2019 <\/span><\/i>vowel, implies a person speaking to an acquaintance face to face. <\/span>Middaber<\/span><\/i>, with a <\/span>hiriq <\/span><\/i>vowel, implies that the Presence was speaking by its honorable self, leaving its agents to listen in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the continuation, God directed Ezekiel\u2019s mission to the relapsing Israelites who were continuing in the rebellious ways of their ancestors (3) and whom He designated \u201cthe house of mutiny\u201d (<\/span>beit hameri<\/span><\/i>, 8). 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At the end of our Chapter, God hands the Prophet Ezekiel a scroll: \u201cAs I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me, holding a written scroll. He unrolled it before me, and it was inscribed on both the front and the back; on it were written lamentations, dirges, and woes\u201d (Ezekiel 2:10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The scroll being described here, unusually for a scroll, written on both the front and back sides, is what is known in ancient booklore as an opisthograph. This relatively rare form of the scroll was used primarily to make maximum use of writing surfaces in situations of poverty resulting in a lack of writing materials.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Chapter 25 preserves a tradition about this divinely communicated scroll. At the hour of his death, Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai raised his voice and cried. His students said to him: Rabbi! You are a tall pillar, a light to the world, a mighty hammer; so why do you cry? He said to them: Am I going to face a human king? If he were angry with me, it would be only in this world. And if he imprisoned me or killed me, it would be only in this world. And what\u2019s more, I would be able to pacify him with words, or bribe him with money. But no, I am going to face the King of all kings, the Holy One Blessed be He. And if He is angry with me, it will be in this World and in the World to Come. And what\u2019s more, I cannot pacify Him with words or bribe Him with money. So, I have two paths before me: one that leads to Paradise, and one that leads to Gehenna, and I do not know if He will force me into Gehenna or bring me into Paradise. For the verse says about Him: \u201cAll they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him\u201d (Psalms 22:30). When telling of the death of Moses, how he breathed his last breath, died and was gathered to his people, God says: \u201cI will remove my hand\u201d (Exodus 33:23). Similarly, Ezekiel says: \u201cAs I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me, holding a written scroll. He unrolled it before me, and it was inscribed on both the front and the back; on it were written lamentations and dirges\u2026\u201d (Ezekiel 2:9-10). \u201cOn the front\u201d refers to this World; \u201con the back\u201d refers to the World to Come. Another interpretation: \u201cOn the front\u201d refers to the sufferings of the righteous in this world and the tranquility of the wicked in this world. \u201cOn the back\u201d refers to the reward for the righteous in the Future to Come, and the punishment for the wicked in Gehenna. The verse from Ezekiel continues: \u201cAnd on it were written lamentations and dirges\u2026\u201d (Ezekiel 2:10). \u201cLamentations\u201d refers to the punishment of the wicked in this world. \u201cDirges\u201d refers to the reward for the righteous in the Time to Come.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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2:8 \u201cBe not rebellious like the house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Other prophets are bid to perform symbolic acts, but this one is extreme, and characteristic of Ezekiel. He has just been told not to be rebellious like his countrymen; now he is asked to show his total submission by ingesting a scroll. Again, this appears to reflect Ezekiel\u2019s aberrant psychology. God does not inform him what he is to eat until the mysterious hand appears with the scroll.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Mortal (\u201cben-adam\u201d)<\/em>. That\u2019s how the prophet Ezekiel is called 93 times throughout the book. And never once by his name. What does this \u201cnick-name\u201d signify? And why is Ezekiel the one to receive it? Is it because he is the only human among all the divine beings that were described in the previous chapter? Or is it to emphasize the gap between the divine and the human? Or something else? By the way - there is another Biblical character who received the name \u201cben-adam.\u201d We will meet him in the Book of Daniel, chapter 8, 383 chapters hence.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Forceful spirit<\/em>. In verse 2, when Ezekiel is unable to stand on his feet, it is the spirit that gets him up. Remember this moment. Later on, the spirit will carry Ezekiel off to much greater distances.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Rebellious.<\/em> Four times the Israelites are called \u201crebellious\u201d (<\/span>meri<\/span><\/em>, or <\/span>beit m\u2019ri<\/span>). Not a very flattering name, that implies that rebellion and disobedience are part of their DNA.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Refuse or agree<\/em>? Ezekiel\u2019s voice is not heard this chapter. But we can imagine his reactions according to God\u2019s words to him: \u201cDo not be rebellious like that rebellious breed. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you\u201d (8) - that perhaps he was considering refusing...<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Ezekiel 2","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"454","date":"20270526","wall_id":"454"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":"","link_teaser":"","listen_link":"","other_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/72890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}