Ezekiel 2:1–3:15
1 Then He said to me, “Son of man, astand on your feet that I may speak with you!”
2 As He spoke to me the aSpirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.
3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have arebelled against Me; bthey and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.
4 “I am sending you to them who are 1astubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord 2God.’
5 “As for them, awhether they listen or 1not—for they are a rebellious house—they will bknow that a prophet has been among them.
6 “And you, son of man, aneither fear them nor fear their words, though bthistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
7 “But you shall aspeak My words to them bwhether they listen or 1not, for they are rebellious.
8 “Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and aeat what I am giving you.”
9 Then I looked, and behold, a ahand was extended to me; and lo, a 1bscroll was in it.
10 When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and awoe.
1 Then He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; aeat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
2 So I aopened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.
3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and afill your 1body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I bate it, and it was sweet as choney in my mouth.
4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, 1go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
5 “For ayou are not being sent to a people of 1bunintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel,
6 nor to many peoples of 1unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. 2But I have sent you to them 3who should listen to you;
7 yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are anot willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is 1stubborn and obstinate.
8 “Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
9 “Like 1emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”
10 Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My awords which I will speak to you and listen 1closely.
11 “1Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or 2not, ‘Thus says the Lord 3God.’ ”
12 Then the aSpirit lifted me up, and I heard a great brumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord 1in His place.”
13 And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the awheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound.
14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and athe hand of the Lord was strong on me.
15 Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there aseven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.