Ezekiel sees a scroll written on the front and back Ezekiel 2:9–10. He says it contained “lamentation and mourning and woe” Ezekiel 2:10. God then commands him to eat it and speak to the house of Israel Ezekiel 3:1.
In Ezekiel 2:9–10 Ezekiel looks and sees a hand extended toward him holding a scroll. The scroll is then opened and displayed in front of him so he can see what it contains. It is covered with writing on both sides, suggesting it is filled up rather than sparse. These verses sit inside Ezekiel’s call scene. After the overwhelming vision of God’s presence in chapter 1, Ezekiel is addressed and commissioned in chapter 2 to speak to a resistant audience.
Ezekiel describes receiving a message, not inventing one. A “hand” reaches out with a scroll, and the scroll is opened in front of him so he can see what kind of message it is (explicit textual claim). The writing is on both sides, which signals an unusually full communication (explicit textual claim; inference about “fullness” follows the description).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Ezekiel 2:9-10, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
9When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;
10He spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.