# Ezekiel 02 📖: Ezekiel Called to a Rebellious House [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Ezekiel Overview]] | [[Ezekiel 01]] | [[Ezekiel 03]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### A Vision of God’s Glory [[#Verse 01.]] He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.” [[#Verse 02.]] As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me. [[#Verse 03.]] He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day. [[#Verse 04.]] The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ [[#Verse 05.]] And as for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. [[#Verse 06.]] But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words. Even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions—do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house! [[#Verse 07.]] You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. [[#Verse 08.]] As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.” [[#Verse 09.]] Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll. [[#Verse 10.]] He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe. [[#Verse 11.]] Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.  [[#Verse 12.]] Each moved straight ahead—wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.  [[#Verse 13.]] In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.  [[#Verse 14.]] The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning. [[#Verse 15.]] Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.  [[#Verse 16.]] The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.  [[#Verse 17.]] When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.  [[#Verse 18.]] Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around. [[#Verse 19.]] When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.  [[#Verse 20.]] Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.  [[#Verse 21.]] When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. [[#Verse 22.]] Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.  [[#Verse 23.]] Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.  [[#Verse 24.]] When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings—it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. [[#Verse 25.]] Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.  [[#Verse 26.]] Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.  [[#Verse 27.]] I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,  [[#Verse 28.]] like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. God calls Ezekiel "son of man" (*ben adam*) more than 90 times in the book. The phrase emphasizes that he is a mere mortal before the glory of God. 2. "Son of man" was Jesus' favorite title for Himself, though He draws especially on Daniel 7:13. 3. The title "Sovereign Lord" (*Adonai Yahweh*) appears more than 200 times in Ezekiel, more than in any other book of the Bible. 4. God calls Israel a "rebellious house" again and again in chapters 2 and 3. 5. The people are described as obstinate and hard-hearted (2:4), literally "hard of face and strong of heart." 6. Briers, thorns, and scorpions (2:6) picture the painful opposition Ezekiel would face. 7. Scrolls were normally written on only one side, but this one was written on the front and back (2:10), showing how full the message of judgment was. 8. The scroll was filled with laments, mourning, and woe (2:10). 9. Revelation 5:1 describes a scroll in God's hand written on the inside and on the back. 10. God promised that even if they rejected him, they would know a prophet had been among them (2:5). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the faithful Prophet sent to a rebellious people. Ezekiel was sent whether the people listened or not (2:5), and Jesus came to His own, though His own did not receive Him (John 1:11). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The Spirit entered Ezekiel and set him on his feet (2:2). Why does every calling begin with God's power and not our own? 2. God told Ezekiel to speak whether the people listened or refused (2:5, 7). How does that free us from measuring success only by results? 3. God warned Ezekiel not to be rebellious like the people around him (2:8). Where are you tempted to take on the attitudes of the culture around you? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 2: The Spirit enters Ezekiel and stands him on his feet. - 📖 verse 5: Whether they listen or not, they will know a prophet has been among them. - 📖 verse 8: Ezekiel is told not to be rebellious, but to open his mouth and eat what God gives him. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Jeremiah 01#Verse 07.|Jeremiah 1:7-8]] - Do not be afraid; go wherever I send you. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 06#Verse 08.|Isaiah 6:8-10]] - Isaiah sent to a people who would not listen. - 🔗 [[John 01#Verse 11.|John 1:11]] - He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. - 🔗 [[Revelation 05#Verse 01.|Revelation 5:1]] - A scroll written on the inside and the back. - 🔗 [[2 Timothy 04#Verse 02.|2 Timothy 4:2]] - Preach the word in season and out of season. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Ezekiel 02 - SOAP|Your Job Is Faithfulness]] ## 📂 Internal Notes