Ezekiel 2 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 2:10

And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ezekiel 2:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 2:10 in other translations

BSBwhich He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
WEBHe spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written in it.
ASVand he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
YLTand He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it are lamentations, and mourning, and woe!
DARBYAnd he spread it out before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
BBEAnd he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.
WebsterAnd he spread it before me: and it was written within and without: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

What does Ezekiel 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. within and without--on the face and the back. Usually the parchment was written only on its inside when rolled up; but so full was God's message of impending woes that it was written also on the back.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 It was written within and without - Contrary to the state of rolls in general, which are written on the inside only. The Hebrew rolls are generally written in this way. There are several of such Hebrew rolls before me, all written on the inside only, consisting of skins of vellum, or parchment, or basil, a sort of half-tanned sheep or goat skin, sewed together, extending to several yards in length. Other Asiatic books were written in the same way. A Sanscrit roll of sixty feet in length, also before me, is written all on the inside; and a Koran, written in exceedingly small characters, about two inches broad and twelve feet long, and weighing but about half an ounce. But the roll presented to the prophet was written on both sides, because the prophecy was long, and to the same effect; that they might see the mind of God wherever they looked. There was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and wo - What an awful assemblage! קינים והגה והי kinim, vahegeh, vehi, lamentations, and a groan, and alas! Lamentations on all hands; a groan from the dying; and alas, or Wo is me! from the survivors. It was the letter that killeth, and is the ministration of death. What a mercy to have that which is emphatically called Το Ευαγγελιον, The glad tidings, the good news! Christ Jesus is come into the world to save sinners; and he wills that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. Here are rejoicings, thanksgivings, and exultation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 2:6-10

Those who will do any thing to purpose in the service of God, must not fear men. Wicked men are as briers and thorns; but they are nigh unto cursing, and their end is to be burned. The prophet must be faithful to the souls of those to whom he was sent. All who speak from God to others, must obey his voice. The discoveries of sin, and the warnings of wrath, should be matter of lamentation. And those acquainted with…

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Ezekiel 2:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּפְרֹ֤שׂvai.yif.Rosand he spread outH6566
אוֹתָהּ֙'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
לְפָנַ֔יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
וְהִ֥יאve.Hi'and itH1931
כְתוּבָ֖הkhe.tu.Vah[was] writtenH3789
פָּנִ֣יםpa.NimfaceH6440
וְאָח֑וֹרve.'a.Chorand backH268
וְכָת֣וּבve.kha.Tuvand [was] writtenH3789
אֵלֶ֔יהָ'e.Lei.hato itH413
קִנִ֥יםki.NimlamentationsH7015
וָהֶ֖גֶהva.He.gehand moaningH1899
וָהִֽי\׃\ \סva.Hiand wailingH1958

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 2:10

  • Revelation 8:13

    And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

  • Isaiah 30:8-11

    Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Jeremiah 36:29-32

    And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.

  • Revelation 9:12

    One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

  • Revelation 11:14

    The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

  • Habakkuk 2:2

    And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
spread.
Isa 30:8-11; Hab 2:2
was written within.Contrary to the state of rolls in general, which are written on the inside only.
lamentations.
Isa 3:11; Jer 36:29-32; Re 8:13; 9:12; 11:14

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Context

  • Ezekiel 2:9

    And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

  • Ezekiel 2:10

    And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

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Ezekiel 2:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y extendiólo delante de mí, y estaba escrito delante y detrás: y había escritas en él endechas, y lamentación, y ayes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il le déploya devant moi; et il était écrit devant et derrière; et des lamentations, et des plaintes, et des gémissements y étaient écrits.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er breitete sie vor mir aus, und sie war auf der Vorder- und auf der Hinterseite beschrieben; und es waren darauf geschrieben Klagen und Seufzer und Wehe. -