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 16:21

16:21 you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. ² 

Yehezkiel 24:19

24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

[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.

[16:21]  ² tn Heb “and you gave them, by passing them through to them.” Some believe this alludes to the pagan practice of making children pass through the fire.