Ezekiel 2

2And He said to me, “Son of man, ^astand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” ²Then ^bthe Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. ³And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has ^crebelled against Me; ^dthey and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. ^4eFor they are ¹impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ ^5fAs for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a ^grebellious house—yet they ^hwill know that a prophet has been among them.

⁶“And you, son of man, ⁱdo not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though ^jbriers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; ^kdo not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, ^lthough they are a rebellious house. ^7mYou shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. ⁸But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and ⁿeat what I give you.”

⁹Now when I looked, there was ^oa hand stretched out to me; and behold, ^pa scroll of a book was in it. ¹⁰Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.