AND He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you. "

2 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 And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of I srael, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their father have transgressed against Me to this very day.

4 "For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus say the Lord GOD.'

5 "As for them, whether they hear or weather they refuse - for they are rebellious house - yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.

6 "And, you, son of man, do not afraid of them nor be afraid of their word, though briers and throns 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 "You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.

8 "But you, son of man, hear what I sat to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you. "

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

10 Then He spread it before me; and there was on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentation and mourning and woe. EZEKIEL 2