1 And he said to me,cch. 3:1, 3, 4, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 5:1 “Son of man,1Or Son of Adam; so throughout EzekieldDan. 10:11 stand on your feet, and I will speak with you. ” 2 And as he spoke to me,ech. 3:24 the Spirit entered into me andfch. 3:24; Dan. 8:18 set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, tog[ver. 5, 6, 8; ch. 3:26; 24:3; 44:6] nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me.hch. 20:16, 18, 21 They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. 4 The descendants also arei[ch. 3:7] impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God. ’ 5 Andjch. 3:11; [ch. 3:27; 17:12] whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they areg[See ver. 3 above] a rebellious house)kch. 33:33 they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 And you, son of man,lch. 3:9; Jer. 1:8 be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words,m[ch. 28:24; 2 Sam. 23:6; Mic. 7:4] though briers and thorns are with you and you sit onn[Deut. 8:15] scorpions.1Or on scorpion plants 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,j[See ver. 5 above] whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.
8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you.o[Isa. 50:5] Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth andpRev. 10:9; [ch. 3:1, 3] eat what I give you. ” 9 And when I looked, behold,qch. 8:3; Dan. 10:10; Rev. 10:2 a hand was stretched out to me, and behold,rJer. 36:2 a scroll of a book was in it. 10 And he spread it before me. And it had writingsRev. 5:1 on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.