1 A nd He said to me, Son of man, stand upon your feet and I will speak to you.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!”

2 A nd the Spirit entered into me when He spoke to me and set me upon my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.

3 A nd He said to me, I send you, son of man, to the children of Israel, two rebellious nations that have rebelled against Me. They and their fathers have transgressed against Me even to this very day.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.

4 A nd the children are impudent and hard of heart. I send you to them and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God.

I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

5 A nd they, whether they will hear or refuse to hear—for they are a rebellious house—yet shall they know and realize that there has been a prophet among them.

As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

6 A nd you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words; though briers and thorns are all around you and you dwell and sit among scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

7 A nd you shall speak My words to them whether they will hear or refuse to hear, for they are most rebellious.

But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

8 A s for you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.

“Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

9 A nd when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.

Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it.

10 A nd He spread it before me and it was written within and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe.