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

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

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

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

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.

If they listen or not (for they are sinful people) they will know that a man of God 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 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 will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most 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 tell you; don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which 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 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 saw that a hand was held out to me, and there was a book 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.

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.