Ezekiel receives his mission
1 He said to me, ¡°Son of man, stand up for I am about to speak to you.¡±
2 A spirit came upon me as he spoke and kept me standing and then I heard him
speak,
3 ¡°Son of man, I am sending you to the Is raelites, to a people who have
rebelled against me; they and their fathers have sinned against me to this day.
4 Now I am sending you to these defiant and stubborn people to tell them ¡®this
is the Lord Yah weh¡¯s word.¡¯
5 So, whether they listen or not this set of rebels will know there is a prophet
among them.
6 But you, son of man, do not fear them or what they say, for they will be as
thorns for you and you will be sitting on a nest of scorpions. Don¡¯t be afraid
of their words when you are facing this set of rebels.
7 Tell them what I say whether they choose to listen or not, for they are
rebels.
8 Listen then, son of man, to what I say and don¡¯t be a rebel among rebels. Open
your mouth and take in what I¡¯m about to say.¡±
9 I looked and saw a hand stretched out in front of me holding a scroll.
10 He unrolled it before me; on both sides were written lamentations, groan ings
and woes.