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

He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.”

2 T hen the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.

And when He spoke to me, the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. I heard Him speaking to me.

3 A nd He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.

He said, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to sinful people who have turned against Me. They and their fathers have sinned against Me to this very day.

4 F or they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

I am sending you to these strong-willed children who show no respect. And you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’

5 A s for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.

If they listen or not (for they are sinful people) they will know that a man of God has been among them.

6 “ And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or of what they say, even if thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or lose strength of heart by their looks, for they will not obey Me.

7 Y ou shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.

You must speak My words to them if they listen or not, for they do not obey Me.

8 B ut you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

“As for you, son of man, listen to what I am telling you. Do not be sinful like these sinful people. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

9 N ow when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.

Then I looked and saw that a hand was held out to me, and there was a book in it.

10 T hen He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.

He held it out in front of me, and it had writing on the front and back. Words of trouble and sorrow were written on it.