“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.”
Command to eat scroll establishes internalization must precede proclamation; prophet must consume and assimilate message into own being before transmitting. Symbolic eating represents complete absorption and embodiment of divine word becoming prophet's substance and identity. Eating establishes prophecy is not intellectual exercise or rhetorical performance but existential commitment engaging prophet's body and soul. Subsequent commission to speak indicates eating is instrumental to larger purpose; prophet consumes word to become adequate vehicle for transmission to people.
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