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Chapter 2

Eating of the Scroll. The voice said to me: Son of man,[a] stand up! I wish to speak to you. As he spoke to me, the spirit[b] entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Son of man: in Hebrew, “son/daughter of…” is a common idiom expressing affiliation in a group; in this case, “a human being.” The title is God’s habitual way of addressing the prophet throughout this book, probably used to emphasize the separation of the divine and the human.
  2. 2:2 The spirit: lit., wind, breath; a vital power, coming from God, which enables the prophet to hear the divine word; cf. 8:3; 11:1, 24.