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.
Ver. 3. Cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels,] i.e., Deeply and duly ponder and practise those holy truths thou hast to press upon others; preach thine own experiences, &c. See 1 Timothy 4:15 .
And it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.] So was God's law to good David; Psalms 119:29 ; Psa 119:103 to Augustine, Scripturae tuae sunt deliciae meae, saith he, Thy Scriptures are my delight; to Alphonsus, King of Arragon, who professed he would rather lose his kingdoms than be without the knowledge of God's blessed book, which he had read over above a dozen times, together with such commentaries thereupon as those times afforded. See Revelation 10:10 .