1 And He said to me, “Son of man, Dan. 10:11; Acts 9:6 stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.”
2 Then Ezek. 3:24; Dan. 8:18 the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.
3 And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has Ezek. 5:6; 20:8, 13, 18 rebelled against Me; 1 Sam. 8:7, 8; Jer. 3:25; Ezek. 20:18, 21, 30 they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.
4 Ps. 95:8; Is. 48:4; Jer. 5:3; 6:15; Ezek. 3:7 For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God .’
5 Is. 6:9, 10; Ezek. 3:11, 26, 27; (Matt. 10:12–15; Acts 13:46) As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a Ezek. 3:26 rebellious house—yet they Ezek. 33:33; (Luke 10:10, 11; John 15:22) will know that a prophet has been among them.
6 “And you, son of man, Is. 51:12; Jer. 1:8, 17; Ezek. 3:9; Luke 12:4 do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Is. 9:18); Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 28:24; Mic. 7:4 briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; Ezek. 3:9; (1 Pet. 3:14) do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, Ezek. 3:9, 26, 27 though they are a rebellious house.
7 Jer. 1:7, 17; (Ezek. 3:10, 17) You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and Ezek. 3:1–3; Rev. 10:9 eat what I give you.”
9 Now when I looked, there was Jer. 1:9; (Ezek. 8:3) a hand stretched out to me; and behold, Jer. 36:2; Ezek. 3:1; Rev. 5:1–5; 10:8–11 a scroll of a book was in it.
10 Then 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.