Ezekiel 2
The Lord commissions Ezekiel as a prophet to the rebellious Israelites, who have turned away from God's covenant. Ezekiel is instructed to speak God's words to them, despite their hard hearts and faces, and not to fear their opposition. The Lord warns Ezekiel that the Israelites are a provoking house, but he should not be like them and instead listen to God's words. Ezekiel is then given a scroll with writings of lamentations, verses, and woes to eat and speak to the Israelites.
1This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking. And he said to me: "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.2And after this was spoken to me, the Spirit entered into me, and he set me on my feet. And I heard him speaking to me3and saying: "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to an apostate nation, which has withdrawn from me. They and their fathers have betrayed my covenant, even to this day4And those to whom I am sending you are sons with a hard face and an unyielding heart. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.5Perhaps it may be that they will hear, and perhaps they may be quieted. For they are a provoking house. And they shall know that there has been a prophet in their midst6But as for you, son of man, you should not fear them, and you should not dread their words. For you are among unbelievers and subversives, and you are living with scorpions. You should not fear their words, and you should not dread their faces. For they are a provoking house7Therefore, you shall speak my words to them, so that perhaps they may hear and be quieted. For they are provoking8But as for you, son of man, listen to all that I say to you. And do not choose to be provoking, as that house is a provoker. Open your mouth, and eat whatever I give to you.9And I looked, and behold: a hand was put forth toward me; there was a scroll rolled up in it.10And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes
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