Ezekiel 2:3–8

³And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious ^†nation that hath rebelled against me: ^dthey and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. ⁴For ^ethey are ^†impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. ⁵And they, ^fwhether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for ^fgthey are a rebellious house,) yet ^hshall know that there hath been a prophet among them. ⁶And thou, ^ason of man, ⁱbe not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though ^||kbriers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among ^lscorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor ⁱbe dismayed at their looks, though ^gthey be a rebellious house. ^7mAnd thou shalt speak my words unto them, ^fwhether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are ^†most rebellious. ⁸But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that ^grebellious house: open thy mouth, and ⁿeat that I give thee.