Ezekiel 2

1 And he said to me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

“Stand up, son of man, because I want to talk to you,” he said to me.

2 And the Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet. And I heard him who spoke to me.

As he spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and had me stand up. I listened to him speaking to me.

3 And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.

“Son of man,” he told me, “I'm sending you to the people of Israel, a disobedient nation that has rebelled against me. They and their forefathers have continued to rebel against me, even up to today.

4 And the sons are impudent and stiff hearted. I send thee to them, and thou shall say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah.

They are pig-headed; they are hard-hearted children. I am sending you to tell them that this is what the Lord God says.

5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

Whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious people—they will realize that a prophet has come to them.

6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dwell among scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

Son of man, don't be afraid of them or what they say. You don't need to be afraid even though you're surrounded by brambles and thorns, even though you live among scorpions. Don't be afraid of what they say or be discouraged by the way they look at you, even though they are a rebellious family.

7 And thou shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, for they are most rebellious.

Just tell them what I say, whether they listen or not, because they're rebels.

8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee. Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house. Open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

As for you, son of man, pay attention to what I tell you. Don't be rebellious like those rebellious people. Open your mouth and eat what I'm about to give you.”

9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me, and, lo, a roll of a book was in it,

I looked up and saw a hand stretched out to me holding a scroll.

10 And he spread it before me, and it was written inside and outside. And there were written in it lamentations and mourning and woe.

He spread it out in front of me, and there written on both the front and back were words of grief, mourning, and tragedy.