Ezekiel 2
The Call of Ezekiel to Speak God’s Words
1And he said to me, “Son of man, ▼▼Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
stand on your feet, so that I can speak with you.” 2And the Spirit ▼▼Or “a spirit”
came into me as he was speaking to me, and it set me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me. 3And he said to me, “Son of man, ▼▼Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
I am sending you to the ⌞Israelites⌟, ▼▼Literally “sons/children of Israel”
to nations ▼▼Or “a people”
who are rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, ▼▼Hebrew “fathers”
they transgressed against me ⌞until this very day⌟. ▼▼Literally “until the day the this”
4And the children ▼▼Or “sons”
are ⌞impudent⌟ ▼▼Literally “hard of face”
and ⌞stubborn⌟, ▼▼Literally “strong of heart”
and so I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh!’ 5And they, whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are a rebellious house, they will know that a prophet was in their midst. 6And you, son of man, ▼▼Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because ▼▼Or “although”
briers and thorns are with you, and you are sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their ⌞looks⌟, ▼▼Literally “faces”
for they are a rebellious house. 7And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious. 8And you, son of man, ▼▼Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
hear what I am speaking to you: you must not be rebellious like the house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving to you.” 9And I looked, ▼▼Or “saw”
and look! There was a hand stretched out to me, and look! In it was ⌞a scroll with writing⌟. ▼▼Literally “a scroll of a book”
10And he rolled it out ▼▼Or “he spread it out”
⌞before me⌟, ▼▼Literally “to the face of me”
and it was written on the front and back, and there were written on it laments and mourning and wailing. ▼▼Or “woe”
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