1 H e said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.

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

2 T he Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke 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 H e said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who 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 T he children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.

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

5 T hey, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know 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 Y ou, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though 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 Y ou shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

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

8 B ut you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which 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 W hen I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

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

10 H e spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, 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.