Ezekiel chapter 3

vs 1

And Ezekiel of course asked for tomato sauce. And God provided, because ask, and it will be given to you. I assume the vision of eating the scroll means taking on board its message. Simple enough.

vs 2

Yum. Tasty obedience. Although from the next verse, it looks like he opens his mouth, but God puts the scroll in his hands.

vs 3

So now God tells him again to eat it, and he does, and it tastes sweet. My bitter guess was wrong. God's wrath tastes sweet. Revenge is a dish best served with honey on a scroll.

vs 4

Now that you've eaten the scroll, you should be able to speak the words.

vs 5

Now this is an interesting verse. Does this mean that God was in the habit of occasionally sending prophets to strange people as well as to Israel?

vs 6

God is actually of the opinion that a strange foreign people would hear his message and respond to it. You can just tell that his opinion of Israel isn't going to be quite so high.

vs 7

And yet God still wants to talk to them. He could quite easily wipe them off the planet's surface - he has already punished them harshly - and yet God still thinks they aren't going to listen.

vs 8

So God fights stubbornness with stubbornness. Guess who wins? Whenever God fights, you know what the result is going to be. Here, he is strapping on the boxing gloves to Ezekiel. Note that he's not going to make it easy, he is only going to make Ezekiel not give up. Take a beating and keep on... something that rhymes with... eating! Because he keeps eating the scroll, of course.

vs 9

So, Ezekiel is meant to headbutt them? I say go for it, Ez, give 'em a Liverpool kiss.