CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 2:9 Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/2-9.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/20/26_Ezk_02_09.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Ezekiel 2:9 - Ezekiel's Call" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll," /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/ezekiel/2-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/ezekiel/2-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/">Ezekiel</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad9.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm" title="Ezekiel 2:8">◄</a> Ezekiel 2:9 <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm" title="Ezekiel 2:10">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me. It held a scroll,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, an hand <i>was</i> sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book <i>was</i> therein;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book <i>was</i> in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and behold, a scroll <i>was</i> in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I looked, behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll <i>was</i> in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I looked, and behold, a hand was sent forth to me; and behold, a scroll <i>was</i> in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out toward me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Just then, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. And in it was a scroll. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, an hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As I looked, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. In it was a scroll.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I saw a hand reaching out toward me, and it was holding a scroll. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As I watched, all of a sudden there was a hand being stretched out in my direction! And there was a scroll <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And I looked and saw a hand was extended to me; and, look, a written scroll was in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and lo, a roll of a book was in it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I look, and behold, a hand [is] sent forth to me, and behold, a roll of a scroll [is] in it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I look, and lo, a hand is sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall see, and behold, a hand sent to me; and behold, in it a roll of a book.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein was a book rolled up: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I looked, and behold: a hand was put forth toward me; there was a scroll rolled up in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me; in it was a written scroll.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and, lo, a scroll of a book was in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I saw, and behold, a hand was reaching to me and there was the scroll of a Scribe in it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I looked, and behold, a hand stretched out to me, and in it a volume of a book.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=378" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Ezekiel's Call</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>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.” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’eh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">Then I looked</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">a hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šə·lū·ḥāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">reaching out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">in it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4039.htm" title="4039: mə·ḡil·laṯ- (N-fsc) -- A scroll. From galal; a roll.">was a scroll,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: sê·p̄er (N-ms) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-8.htm">Revelation 10:8-10</a></span><br />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.” / And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” / So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Jeremiah 36:2</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">Zechariah 5:1-2</a></span><br />Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. / “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-1.htm">Revelation 5:1-3</a></span><br />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. / And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” / But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a></span><br />Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Daniel 7:10</a></span><br />A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-11.htm">Revelation 1:11</a></span><br />saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16</a></span><br />Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-10.htm">Revelation 22:10</a></span><br />Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-28.htm">Jeremiah 36:28</a></span><br />“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-2.htm">Revelation 10:2</a></span><br />He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Daniel 12:4</a></span><br />But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Habakkuk 2:2</a></span><br />Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a></span><br />And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll of a book was therein;</p><p class="hdg">an hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3</a></b></br> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where <i>was</i> the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9</a></b></br> Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Daniel 5:5</a></b></br> In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.</p><p class="hdg">a roll </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Ezekiel 3:1</a></b></br> Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-7.htm">Hebrews 10:7</a></b></br> Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/5-1.htm">Revelation 5:1-5</a></b></br> And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Book</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-22.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-23.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-60.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/10-21.htm">Book</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-4.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/2-1.htm">Ezekiel's commission</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/2-6.htm">His instruction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/2-9.htm">The scroll of his heavy prophecy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then I looked</b><br>This phrase indicates a shift in Ezekiel's attention, suggesting a moment of divine revelation. In biblical narratives, the act of looking often precedes a significant vision or message from God. Ezekiel's visions are central to his prophetic ministry, emphasizing the importance of being attentive to God's communication.<p><b>and saw a hand reaching out to me</b><br>The imagery of a hand reaching out is symbolic of divine intervention and communication. In the Bible, God's hand often represents His power and authority (<a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Exodus 15:6</a>, <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a>). This hand reaching out to Ezekiel signifies God's direct involvement in delivering His message. It also reflects the personal nature of God's call to Ezekiel, emphasizing that the message is specifically for him to receive and convey.<p><b>and in it was a scroll</b><br>Scrolls were the primary medium for writing in ancient times, often used for recording important documents, including religious texts. The presence of a scroll indicates that the message Ezekiel is about to receive is authoritative and significant. Scrolls in biblical literature often contain divine decrees or revelations (<a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Jeremiah 36:2</a>, <a href="/revelation/5.htm">Revelation 5:1</a>). This particular scroll symbolizes the word of God that Ezekiel is to proclaim, highlighting the prophetic nature of his mission. The scroll's content, which is revealed in the following verses, underscores themes of judgment and lamentation, aligning with the broader context of Ezekiel's prophecies concerning Israel's disobedience and the impending consequences.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hand.htm">The Hand</a></b><br>Represents God's divine intervention and communication with Ezekiel, symbolizing authority and the delivery of His word.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_scroll.htm">The Scroll</a></b><br>A symbol of God's message, containing His words of lamentation, mourning, and woe, which Ezekiel is to deliver to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_communication.htm">Divine Communication</a></b><br>God uses various means to communicate His will to His people, emphasizing the importance of being attentive to His messages.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_god's_word.htm">The Authority of God's Word</a></b><br>The scroll signifies the authority and seriousness of God's message. Believers are called to respect and adhere to the teachings of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Ezekiel's role as a prophet is to faithfully deliver God's message, regardless of its content. This teaches us the importance of being faithful messengers of God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_ministry.htm">Preparation for Ministry</a></b><br>Just as Ezekiel was prepared to receive God's word, believers must prepare their hearts and minds to understand and share God's message.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_god's_message.htm">The Weight of God's Message</a></b><br>The scroll's content of lamentation, mourning, and woe reminds us that God's messages can be challenging, but they are necessary for spiritual growth and repentance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/literal_vs._metaphorical_in_2_samuel_22.htm">(2 Samuel 22) How can we tell which elements of this praise song are meant literally versus those intended as metaphorical or hyperbolic language?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_biblical_prophecies_vague.htm">Aren't biblical prophecies just vague predictions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_rev_5's_scroll_in_other_texts.htm">If the scroll in Revelation 5 is so central to end-time events, why is there no corresponding mention or artifact in other historical texts or archaeology? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_2_8-10__how_is_eating_a_scroll_plausible.htm">Ezekiel 2:8-10: How do we reconcile the command to physically eat a scroll with scientific plausibility and the lack of mention of any lasting effects?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Was sent unto me.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">was put forth, </span>as the same word is translated in <a href="/genesis/3-22.htm" title="And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:">Genesis 3:22</a>; <a href="/genesis/19-10.htm" title="But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.">Genesis 19:10</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm" title="And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.">Ezekiel 8:3</a>. In <a href="/ezekiel/10-7.htm" title="And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.">Ezekiel 10:7</a> it is rendered <span class= "ital">stretched forth, </span>with the marginal <span class= "ital">sent forth, </span>and the corresponding Chaldee word in <a href="/daniel/5-24.htm" title="Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.">Daniel 5:24</a> is translated "sent." It is not that a hand by itself containing the roll was sent to the prophet, but a hand, either of one of the cherubim,. or from the throne above, was stretched forth to him. In the corresponding vision in <a href="/context/revelation/10-8.htm" title="And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands on the sea and on the earth.">Revelation 10:8-9</a>, it is handed to the seer by the angel. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">An hand was sent</span> (<span class="accented">put forth</span>, Revised Version) <span class="cmt_word">unto me,</span> etc. Apparently the hand was not that of the human form seated on the throne (<a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm">Ezekiel 1:26</a>), nor of one of the four living creatures (<a href="/ezekiel/1-8.htm">Ezekiel 1:8</a>), but one appearing mysteriously by itself, as in the history of Belshazzar's feast (<a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Daniel 5:5</a>). The words connect themselves with the use of the hand stretched out of a cloud as the symbols of the Divine energy both in Jewish and Christian art. The writer has in his possession a Jewish brass tablet, probably of the sixteenth century, commemorating the legend of the miraculous supply of oil at the Feast of the Dedication, in which such a hand appears as pouring oil into the seven-branched candlestick, or lamp, of the temple. <span class="cmt_word">Lo, a roll of a book,</span> etc. The words remind us of the volume, or roll, in <a href="/psalms/40-7.htm">Psalm 40:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Jeremiah 36:2</a>; <a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">Zechariah 5:1</a>; like those which are still used in Jewish synagogues. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then I looked</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶרְאֶ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’er·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּה־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(yāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">reaching out</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלוּחָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lū·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּה־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in it</span><br /><span class="heb">ב֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">was a scroll,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְגִלַּת־</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḡil·laṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4039.htm">Strong's 4039: </a> </span><span class="str2">A scroll</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/2-9.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 2:9 When I looked behold a hand was (Ezek. Eze Ezk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 2:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 2:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 2:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 2:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>