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Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel and is one of the Book of the Prophets. In this chapter, set within a wider section from Ezekiel 1:28b to Ezekiel 3:15, "Ezekiel receives a commission [from God] to go to the 'rebellious house' of Israel" and to speak for God.

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 10 verses: by count of verses, it is one of the shortest chapters in the Book of Ezekiel.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).

Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me,
 and set me on my feet;
and I heard Him who spoke to me.

And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day."

Davidson notes that initially, the people to whom Ezekiel is sent are called "the children of Israel", but they are then spoken of as "nations" (goyim, plural: the American Standard Version (1901) speaks of "nations that are rebellious"). This may refer to the two houses of Israel, the north and south, or to "the people [of Israel] as a whole considered as consisting of larger divisions".

Then He spread it before me;
 and there was writing on the inside and on the outside,
and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.

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