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Time after Pentecost · Proper 9 · Year B

Ezekiel 2:1-5

The Call of Ezekiel

July 4, 2027

Ezekiel's Vision, Raphael
Ezekiel's Vision, Raphael, c. 1518Palazzo Pitti, Florence
A small panel of unusual power: God borne up by the four living creatures, seen steeply from below, with a tiny landscape and a shaft of light at the bottom.The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice; clouds and thick darkness are all around him. Ezekiel is the prophet who says he saw it.RaphaelRaphael Sanzio of Urbino (1483-1520), the youngest of the three who defined the High Renaissance. He died on Good Friday at thirty-seven.Palazzo Pitti, FlorenceThe Medici grand ducal palace across the river, hung floor to ceiling in the old manner rather than rearranged by period.Palazzo Pitti, Florence
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 6:1-13Mk 6:1-13
Epistle2 Cor. 12:1-102 Cor 12:1-10
Old TestamentEzek. 2:1-5Ez 2:1-5
PsalterPs. 123Ps 123

Overview & Insights

"Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels." (Ezekiel 2:3)

God commissions Ezekiel as a prophet to a rebellious house, telling him to speak the divine word whether or not the people will listen.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Ezekiel 2:1-5Working Preacher: Commentary on Ez 2:1-5 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the prophet's call.

Enduring Word: Ezekiel 2Enduring Word: Ez 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Ezekiel CommentariesPrecept Austin: Ez Commentaries Precept Austin

Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Ezekiel.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Ezekiel 2:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Ez 2:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the chapter's opening verse.

StudyLight: Ezekiel 2 CommentariesStudyLight: Ez 2 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Ezekiel 2 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Ezekiel OverviewBibleProject: Ez Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the first half of Ezekiel, including the prophet's call.

Sefaria: Ezekiel 2 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Ez 2 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Ezekiel 2 InterlinearBibleHub: Ez 2 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Ezekiel 2Catena: Ez 2 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Ezekiel 2.

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