Yehezkiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, ¹  stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

Yehezkiel 12:18

12:18 “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, ²  and drink your water with anxious shaking.

[2:1]  ¹ sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

[12:18]  ² tn The Hebrew term normally refers to an earthquake (see 1 Kgs 19:11; Amos 1:1).