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Ezekiel

Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15
1He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet so that I may speak with you. 2Then a spirit entered me as he had spoken to me, set me on my feet, and I heard someone speaking to me. 3He said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to the rebellious nations that have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. 4The sons are hard-faced and strong-hearted; I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD. 5Whether they listen or refuse, they are a rebellious house, and they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6But you, son of man, must not fear them or their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not fear their words or be dismayed by their faces, for they are a rebellious house. 7You shall speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse, for they are rebellious. 8You, son of man, listen to what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you. 9I looked and saw a hand stretched out to me, and in it was a scroll. 10He spread it before me, and it was written on both front and back with laments, moaning, and woe.
Chapter 3
1He said to me, Son of man, eat whatever you find; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel. 2I opened my mouth, and he made me eat the scroll. 3He said to me, Son of man, eat this scroll and fill your stomach with it; I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. 4He said to me, Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. 5You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel. 6You are not being sent to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand; if I had not sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7Yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me; for the whole house of Israel has a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8See, I have made your face as hard as theirs and your forehead as hard as theirs. 9I have made your forehead like the hardest flint so that you will not fear them or be dismayed by them, though they are a rebellious house. 10He said to me, Son of man, take to heart all the words I will speak to you and listen carefully. 11Go to the exiles, to your own people, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, whether they listen or refuse.' 12Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound: Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13I also heard the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, and a loud rumbling sound. 14The spirit lifted me and carried me away; I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, while the hand of the LORD rested on me powerfully. 15I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the river Chebar, and I stayed there among them seven days, overwhelmed.
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