Ezekiel, Chapter 2

1. And He said to me, "O mortal, stand up on your feet that I may speak to you."    2. As He spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard what was being spoken to me.    3. He said to me, "O mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, that nation of rebels, who have rebelled against Me. -- They as well as their fathers have defied Me to this very day;    4. for the sons are brazen of face and stubborn of heart. I send you to them, and you shall say to them: 'Thus said the Lord GOD' --    5. whether they listen or not, for they are a rebellious breed -- that they may know that there was a prophet among them.    6. "And you, mortal, do not fear them and do not fear their words, though thistles and thorns press against you, and you sit upon scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words and do not be dismayed by them, though they are a rebellious breed;    7. but speak My words to them, whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.    8. "And you, mortal, heed what I say to you: Do not be rebellious like that rebellious breed. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you."    9. As I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me, holding a written scroll.    10. He unrolled it before me, and it was inscribed on both the front and the back; on it were written lamentations, dirges, and woes.