“(Verse 2.) And I opened my mouth, and he fed me with that scroll. And he said to me: Son of man. I, he said, opened my mouth, because I was told: Open your mouth, and eat. And, with my mouth open, the Lord bestowed food; so that the beginnings of the will are in us, and we attain the perfection of blessedness from the…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel
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2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
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1Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
— Ezekiel 3:2 —
3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.