יחזקאל, פרק ג׳, פסוק י״ד

A prophet called to deliver a heavy message often experiences a profound collision between his own human emotions and the overwhelming force of divine will. Caught in a sudden and intense transition, the prophet is swept up into his mission, carried away by a spirit. First, he is lifted into the air and then transported across great distances [מלבי״ם]. This movement resumes the flow of events that had been briefly interrupted by the sound of a voice [רד״ק, מצודת דוד]. However, this journey is not necessarily a physical relocation; the lifting and all the surrounding actions unfold entirely within the realm of a prophetic vision [רד״ק].

As he is taken, the prophet is consumed by severe emotional turmoil. He feels a deep bitterness and fierce anger [מצודת ציון], a stark contrast to the sweetness he experienced when his prophecy first began [רד״ק, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Commentators offer several reasons for this heavy distress. The bitterness stems from the terrible disasters he witnesses in his vision [מלבי״ם]. Additionally, he faces the agonizing moral burden of having to rebuke his own people [רש״י]. His deep sorrow is also tied to a profound sense of loss, as he perceives the Divine Presence departing from the Holy of Holies [מצודת דוד, חומת אנך].

Despite this intense inner resistance and heavy sorrow, the prophet embarks on his journey because the power of God rests heavily upon him [רד״ק, מצודת דוד]. This divine force drives him toward his mission with overwhelming intensity [מלבי״ם]. He reaches a point where he no longer acts out of his own free will. Compelled entirely by God's authority, he is forced to go to the exiled people and deliver His message [רש״י, ביאור שטיינזלץ].