So I opened my mouth: Ezekiel obeyed the command of God by opening his mouth.

And he gave me the scroll to eat is literally “and he caused me to eat this scroll.” Since Ezekiel has already opened his mouth, the picture here is that God put the scroll directly into Ezekiel’s mouth.

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .