1. And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.
2. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee. And I ate, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
5. For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, but to the house of Israel;
6. not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?
7. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.
8. Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
9. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.
10. And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears;