1 He said to me, "Son of man, get up on your feet, and I will speak to you."
2 While he was speaking to me, the Spirit came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking to me.
3 He told me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to rebel nations who have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have revolted against me up to this very day.
4 The sons are hard-faced and hard-hearted, and I am sending you to them. You are to tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'
5 Whether they listen or hold back (for they are a house of rebellion), they will know that there has been a prophet in their midst.
6 As for you, Son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, though thistles and thorns surround you and you sit among scorpions. Have no fear of their words and do not be shaken by their faces, for they are a house of rebellion.
7 Speak my words to them, whether they listen or hold back, for they are rebellion itself.
8 "But you, Son of man, listen to what I am telling you: do not be rebellious like that house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you."
9 When I looked, there was a hand reached out toward me, and in it, a scroll.
10 He unrolled it in front of me; it had writing inside and out, and what was written on it was dirges, moaning and woe.