Ezekiel 2

1 And he said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.

He said to me, “You human, stand up while I speak to you.”

2 And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me.

While he spoke to me, [God’s] Spirit entered me and enabled me to stand up. Then I heard him speak to me.

3 And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to this very day.

He said, “You human, I will send you to the Israeli people. They are people who have turned away from me and rebelled against me. Their ancestors rebelled against me, and they themselves are still rebelling against me.

4 For they are impudent children and stiff hearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD.

The people to whom I will send you are very stubborn [DOU]. But say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you.’

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.

[when you tell them my messages], perhaps those rebellious people will heed those messages and perhaps they will not heed them, but they will know [you are] a prophet who has been among them.

6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

And you human, you must not be afraid of them or afraid of what they say. [Living among them will be like] living in the midst of briers or scorpions, but do not be afraid of them. They are rebellious people [MTY], but do not allow them to cause you to become afraid.

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

Tell them my message, but do not expect them to pay attention to it, because they [very] rebellious.

8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that I give you.

But human, you must pay attention to what I say. Do not be rebellious like they are. [Now] open your mouth and eat what I give to you.”

9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll of a book was therein;

Then, as I watched, I saw his hand that was stretched toward me. In his hand was a scroll.

10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

He unrolled the scroll. On both sides of it were written words that expressed sorrow and mourning and words about trouble/disaster.