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When Ezekiel is called to be a prophet, to speak to the hard-hearted children of Israel, the voice that speaks to him from his vision makes a remarkable request: But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and lo, a roll of a book was therein; And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. (Ezek. 2:8-3:3)
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Connolly, T.J. (2002). Textual Bodies. In: William Blake and the Body. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597013_1
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