Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:8 
Context2:8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
Ezekiel 3:3
Context3:3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, 1 and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.
Ezekiel 3:17
Context3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman 2 for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
Ezekiel 3:26
Context3:26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove 3 them, for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 4:14
Context4:14 And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat 4 has never entered my mouth.”
Ezekiel 33:7
Context33:7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman 5 for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.
1 tc Heb “I ate,” a first common singular preterite plus paragogic he (ה). The ancient versions read “I ate it,” which is certainly the meaning in the context, and indicates they read the he as a third feminine singular pronominal suffix. The Masoretes typically wrote a mappiq in the he for the pronominal suffix but apparently missed this one.
sn I ate it. A similar idea of consuming God’s word is found in Jer 15:16 and Rev 10:10, where it is also compared to honey and may be specifically reminiscent of this text.
2 tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.
3 tn Heb “you will not be to them a reprover.” In Isa 29:21 and Amos 5:10 “a reprover” issued rebuke at the city gate.
4 tn The Hebrew term refers to sacrificial meat not eaten by the appropriate time (Lev 7:18; 19:7).
5 sn Jeremiah (Jer 6:17) and Habakkuk (Hab 2:1) also served in the role of a watchman.
