Ezekiel 2

1  AND HE said to me [Ezekiel], Son of man, stand upon your feet and I will speak to you.2  And the Spirit entered into me when He spoke to me and set me upon my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.3  And He said to me, I send you, son of man, to the children of Israel, two rebellious nations that have rebelled against Me. They and their fathers have transgressed against Me even to this very day.4  And the children are impudent and hard of heart. I send you to them and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God.5  And they, whether they will hear or refuse to hear--for they are a rebellious house--yet shall they know and realize that there has been a prophet among them.6  And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words; though briers and thorns are all around you and you dwell and sit among scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.7  And you shall speak My words to them whether they will hear or refuse to hear, for they are most rebellious.8  As for you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.9  And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.10  And He spread it before me and it was written within and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel’s Commission

1 He said to me, “Son of man,s stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

2 As he spoke to me,s a windt came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.
3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the houses of Israel, to rebellious nationss who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revoltedst against me to this very day.4 The peoplet to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted,s and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’t5 And as for them,t whether they listent or not – for they are a rebellioust houses – they will know that a prophet has been among them.6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though brierst and thornsts surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you,t for they are a rebellious house!7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the frontt and back;s written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.