²⁸Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such was the appearance of the splendor all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking.^*

The Vision of the Scroll

²He said to me: “O mortal,^f stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.”^* ²And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.^* ³He said to me, “Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation^g of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.^* ⁴The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’^* ⁵Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.^* ⁶And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.^* ⁷You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.^*

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Footnotes

fHeb son of man (and so throughout the book when Ezekiel is addressed)
gSyr: Heb to nations

Cross references

*Ezek 3:23; 8:4; Dan 8:17; Rev 1:17; 4:3; 10:1
*Dan 10:11
*Ezek 3:24; Dan 8:18
*Jer 3:25; Ezek 20:18, 30
*Jer 5:3; Ezek 3:7
*Ezek 3:11, 26, 27; 33:33
*Isa 9:18; Jer 1:8, 17; Ezek 3:9; Mic 7:4
*Jer 1:7, 17