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Ezekiel

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Chapter 2

1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”⁠ 2 As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day. 4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ 5 And as for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words. Even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions—do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house! 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. 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.”⁠ 9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.⁠ 10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

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Compare Ezekiel 2:2 and 1 Enoch 14:24

Hebrew Bible · Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

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Summary

1 Enoch 14 echoes Ezekiel by using the same image of a figure being raised to his feet by a divine force before receiving revelation. In Ezekiel, this marks the prophet’s commissioning, while in 1 Enoch it introduces an apocalyptic vision.

Passages

Ezekiel 2:2

Hebrew Bible
1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.” 2 As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day. 4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’
600–501 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Ezekiel

1 Enoch 14:24

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
22 A flaming fire was all around Him, and a great fire stood before Him; no one near Him could come close. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him, yet He needed no counselor. 23 The most holy ones who were near Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. 24 Until then I had lain face down, trembling, and the Lord called me with His own mouth and said to me: 'Come near, Enoch, and hear my word.' 25 One of the holy ones came to me and woke me, and made me rise up and approach the door, and I bowed my face down.
300 BCE – 100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Enoch

References

"... When one considers the form critical question of genre, 1 Enoch reveals an “Apocalypse” fused with various other traditions. As Collins points out, traditional and mythological materials are embedded in the apocalypse of 1 Enoch. Although 1 Enoch does not refer to biblical passages, its form is very similar to narratives, mythological traditions, prophetic oracles, and wisdom traditions in the Hebrew Bible. For example, 1 Enoch 1:1-5:9 echoes Balaam’s oracles (Numbers 24) and Moses’ final blessing (Deuteronomy 33). 1 Enoch 14:8-25 also portrays a throne vision which often occurs in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1-2; Daniel 7). Collins argues that mythological traditions of 1 Enoch reflect the Canaanite Ugaritic myths (the seventh antediluvian ancestor, Enoch and the seventh Sumerian king, Enmeduranki and the Canaanite figure of Baal) Furthermore, in his book, Enoch and the Growth of An Apocalyptic Tradition, VanderKam argues that the throne vision reflects a model-vision of Merkavah mysticism. To understand the origin of the throne vision, he investigates Mesopotamian traditions in 1 Enoch. Thus, as VanderKam notes that “Mesopotamian diviners began keeping records of their observations and predictions from a very early time,” he discerns eschatological characteristics in 1 Enoch. Nickelsburg argues that 1 Enoch 14:8-25 reveals an important transition from the older Ezekiel tradition of the prophetic ..."
Inchol Yang, “The Influence of Ezekiel 40–48 on 1 Enoch 14:8–25,” Journal of Biblical Text Research 46 (2020): 284–308.

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