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On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he spread it before me; and it <i>was</i> written within and without: and <i>there was</i> written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then He spread it before me; and <i>there was</i> writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it <i>were</i> lamentations and mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were songs of mourning, sighing, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back; and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then He spread it out before me, and it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, sighing, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And He spread it before me, and it was written on the front and on the back, and written on it were [words of] lamentation (funeral songs) and mourning and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When he unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When He unrolled it before me, it was written on the front and back; words of lamentation, mourning, and woe were written on it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The hand opened the scroll, and both sides of it were filled with words of sadness, mourning, and grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He spread the scroll in front of me. There was writing on the front and back. There were funeral songs, songs of mourning, and horrible things written on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The hand unrolled the scroll, and I saw that there was writing on both sides--cries of grief were written there, and wails and groans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />being unrolled right in front of me! Written on both sides were lamentations, mourning, and cries of grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he spread it before me, and it was written on the front and on the back. And written on it were lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written 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 He spreads it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] lamentations, and mourning, and woe!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it are lamentations, and mourning, and woe!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will spread it out before me: and it was written the face and the back side: and written upon it lamentations, sighing, and Wo.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />and he spread it before me, and it was written within and without: and there were written in it lamentations, and canticles, and woe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He unrolled it before me; it was covered with writing front and back. Written on it was: Lamentation, wailing, woe!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He spread it before me; it had writing on the front and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it chants, woes, and lamentations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he unrolled it in front of me, and it was written on its front and on its back, and there were written in it wailings and funeral dirges and lamentations <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and He spread it before me, and it was written within and without; and there was written therein lamentations, and moaning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he unrolled it before me: and in it the front and the back were written <i>upon</i>: and there was written <i>in it</i> Lamentation, and mournful song, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/2-10.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=384" 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">9</span>Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll, <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6566.htm" title="6566: way·yip̄·rōś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To spread out, spread. A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.">which He unrolled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nay (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hî (Conj-w:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ḵə·ṯū·ḇāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">And written</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nîm (N-mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">on the front</a> <a href="/hebrew/268.htm" title="268: wə·’ā·ḥō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The hind side, back part. Or achor; from Achiyra'; the hinder part; hence behind, backward; also the West.">and back</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: wə·ḵā·ṯūḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">of it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: qi·nîm (N-fp) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">were words of lamentation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1899.htm" title="1899: wā·he·ḡeh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A rumbling, growling, moaning. From hagah; a muttering.">mourning,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1958.htm" title="1958: wā·hî (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Lamentation, wailing. For nhiy; lamentation.">and woe.</a> </span><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/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="/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 5:1-3</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.” / Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.<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="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a></span><br />The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.<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="/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/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="/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="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Jeremiah 36:23</a></span><br />And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.<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/22-18.htm">Revelation 22:18-19</a></span><br />I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. / And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm">Isaiah 29:11-12</a></span><br />And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” / Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.</p><p class="hdg">spread</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8-11</a></b></br> Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Habakkuk 2:2</a></b></br> And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make <i>it</i> plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.</p><p class="hdg">was written within.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a></b></br> Woe unto the wicked! <i>it shall be</i> ill <i>with him</i>: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/36-29.htm">Jeremiah 36:29-32</a></b></br> And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a></b></br> And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/1-10.htm">Front</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-51.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Lamentations</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-60.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-22.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-50.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/revelation/10-2.htm">Unrolled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm">Within</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-7.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-18.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/esther/9-31.htm">Lamentations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/daniel/5-24.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-11.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-7.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/luke/4-17.htm">Unrolled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Within</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Words</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-3.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-9.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>which He unrolled before me.</b><br>In this vision, God presents Ezekiel with a scroll, a common medium for recording messages in ancient times. The act of unrolling signifies the revelation of divine messages. Scrolls were typically made of papyrus or parchment and were used for important documents. The unrolling indicates that the message is ready to be revealed and understood. This action parallels the opening of the scrolls in <a href="/revelation/5.htm">Revelation 5:1-5</a>, where only the Lamb is worthy to open the scroll, symbolizing the unveiling of God's plan.<p><b>And written on the front and back of it</b><br>The scroll being written on both sides is significant, as scrolls were usually written on one side only. This indicates the completeness and fullness of the message, leaving no space for additions. It suggests the totality of God's judgment and the comprehensive nature of the message Ezekiel is to deliver. This dual-sided writing can be compared to the tablets of the Ten Commandments, which were also inscribed on both sides (<a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15</a>), emphasizing the thoroughness of God's law and decrees.<p><b>were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.</b><br>The content of the scroll is filled with messages of lamentation, mourning, and woe, indicating the severe judgment that is to come upon Israel due to their rebellion and sin. These terms reflect the emotional and spiritual state of the people as they face the consequences of their actions. Lamentation and mourning are often associated with funerals and expressions of deep sorrow, while woe signifies impending doom or disaster. This triad of terms underscores the gravity of the situation and the seriousness of God's message. Similar themes are found in the prophetic books, such as Jeremiah and Lamentations, where the prophets express grief over the nation's sin and the resulting judgment.<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/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine author of the scroll, communicating His message through Ezekiel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/scroll.htm">Scroll</a></b><br>A symbolic object representing God's message of judgment and lamentation to the people of Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of great suffering and reflection for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The audience of Ezekiel's prophecies, experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_god's_message.htm">The Weight of God's Message</a></b><br>The scroll written on both sides signifies the completeness and seriousness of God's message. We must approach God's Word with reverence and readiness to respond.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>The contents of the scroll—lamentations, mourning, and woe—remind us of the reality of God's judgment. It calls us to examine our lives and repent where necessary.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_revelation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Revelation</a></b><br>God chooses to reveal His messages to His prophets. We should seek to understand and apply His revelations in our lives through prayer and study.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>While the scroll contains messages of woe, it also points to the hope of restoration for those who turn back to God. We should hold onto hope and encourage others to seek God's mercy.<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 messenger of difficult truths challenges us to speak God's truth in love, even when it is uncomfortable or unwelcome.<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/does_ezekiel_eating_a_scroll_defy_science.htm">In Ezekiel 3:1–3, how can Ezekiel physically eat a scroll and find it sweet—does this contradict natural science? </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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_ezekiel_10_2_vision.htm">In Ezekiel 10:2, does any historical or archaeological record validate the vision of coals scattering over the city?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_presence_everlasting_if_he_left.htm">Lamentations 2:7 - If God truly abandoned His altar and temple, how do we reconcile this with the belief that the divine presence is everlasting?</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>(10) <span class= "bld">He spread it before me.</span>--The roll was given to the prophet open, as the book in <a href="/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</a>, that he might first see it all as a whole, before becoming thoroughly possessed with it in detail. What he saw was "lamentations, and mourning, and woe;" in other words, this was the whole character of the message he was commissioned to bear until the great judgment in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple should be fulfilled, when, after Ezekiel 33, his prophecies assume a consolatory character. (See Introduction, VI)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">It was written within and without.</span> Commonly such rolls, whether of vellum or papyrus, were written on one side only. This, like the tables of stone (<a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Exodus 32:15</a>), was written, as a symbol of the fulness of its message, on both sides. And as he looked at the roll thus "spread before" him, he saw that it was no evangel, no glad tidings, that he had thus to identify with his work, but one from first to last of <span class="cmt_word">lamentations, and mourning, and woe.</span> Jeremiah had been known as the prophet of weeping, and was about this time (probably a little later) writing his own Lamentations (the Hebrew title of the book, however, is simply its first words) over the fall of Jerusalem. Ezekiel's work was to be of a like nature. The word meets us again (<a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Ezekiel 19:1, 14</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-2.htm">Ezekiel 27:2, 32</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Ezekiel 28:12</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Ezekiel 32:2, 16</a>) as the keynote of his writings. Out of such a book, though the glad tidings were to come afterwards, his own prophetic work was to be evolved. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/2-10.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">which He unrolled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְרֹ֤שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·rōś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6566.htm">Strong's 6566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break apart, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before me.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And written</span><br /><span class="heb">כְתוּבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ṯū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the front</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and back</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָח֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḥō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_268.htm">Strong's 268: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hinder part, behind, backward, the West</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of it</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine 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">[were] words of lamentation,</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(qi·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elegy, dirge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourning,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָהֶ֖גֶה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·he·ḡeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1899.htm">Strong's 1899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rumbling, growling, moaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and woe.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָהִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1958.htm">Strong's 1958: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lamentation, wailing</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 2:10 He spread it before me: and it (Ezek. 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