“Yahweh said to me.
‘Son of man!
Stand up
On your feet!
I will speak with you!’
When he spoke
To me,
The Spirit entered
Into me.
He set me
On my feet.
I heard him
Speaking to me.
He said to me.
‘Son of man!
I am sending you
To the people
Of Israel,
To a nation
Of rebels.
They have rebelled
Against me.
Their ancestors
Have transgressed
Against me.
They
Have transgressed
Against me
To this very day.”
Yahweh spoke to Ezekiel with the title, the son of man, a mere mortal. He told him to stand up on his feet, because he wanted to speak with him. When Yahweh spoke to Ezekiel, the Spirit entered into Ezekiel. Yahweh set him on his feet. Then Ezekiel heard Yahweh speaking to him, as if he was not directly speaking to him. Yahweh told Ezekiel that he was sending him to the people of Israel, a nation of rebels that had rebelled against Yahweh. Both their ancestors and they themselves have transgressed against Yahweh even to this very day.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 