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

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

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

And 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.

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.

For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, 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 hear or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet 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, 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.

7 Y ou shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, 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.

But 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.”

9 W hen I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book 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.

Then 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.