John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 2:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me, &c.] Not of an angel, but of Christ himself, in a visionary way; for this was not a real hand, but the likeness of one, as in (<260803>Ezekiel 8:3); and so the Targum here, “and I saw, and behold, the likeness of a hand stretched out on the side to me.” This symbol was to show that his prophecy, that he was sent to deliver, was from heaven and came from Christ; and that hand that delivered it to him would protect and defend him: and, lo a roll of a book [was] therein; held in it, and held forth by it, to the prophet. Books were frequently written on parchment or vellum, and rolled about a stick, in form of a cylinder; and hence they were called volumes or rolls, (<194007>Psalm 40:7). This roll was a symbol of the prophecy of this book.

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