\\INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 2\\
This chapter contains me prophet's call, commission, and instruction to prophesy. The preparation to it is in \\#Eze 2:1,2\\; being fallen upon his face, he is bid to stand upon his feet, with a promise to speak to him; and the Spirit entering into him, he is set by him on his feet, and he hears what is spoken to him; then follows his mission to the children of Israel, who are described as rebellious, impudent, and stiff-hearted; and to whom he is sent, to render them inexcusable, \\#Eze 2:3-5\\; and he is exhorted not to be afraid of their words, nor dismayed at their looks, however fierce and furious they might be; but faithfully declare his message, and not be discouraged, should it be without success, \\#Eze 2:6,7\\; and he is instructed not to be rebellious, as they were; but open his mouth and eat what should be given him, \\#Eze 2:8\\; when, in a visionary way, a hand was seen, and a roll in it, and this spread before him, written within and without, full of lamentation, mourning, and woes, as a symbol of the substance of his prophecy, \\#Eze 2:9,10\\.
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