Ezekiel 2

1 He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet; then I will speak to you.”

And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.

2 Then, as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.

3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to rebellious nations that have rebelled against me—both they and their ancestors have sinned against me up to this very day!

And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.

4 Their descendants have stubborn faces and hard hearts. I am sending you to them, and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord Yahweh says.'

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

5 Either they will listen or they will not listen. They are a rebellious house, but they will at least know that a prophet has been among them.

And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

6 You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, although you are with briers and thorns and although you live with scorpions. Do not fear their words or be dismayed by their faces, since they are a rebellious house.

And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

7 But you will speak my words to them, whether they listen or not, because they are most rebellious.

And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

8 But you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give to you!”

But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.

9 Then I looked, and a hand was extended out to me; in it was a written scroll.

And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;

10 He spread it out before me; it had been written on both its front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning, and woe.

And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.