1. Moreover He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll and go speak to the house of Israel.
2. So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.
3. He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I give you. Then I ate it, and it was as honey for sweetness in my mouth.
4. Then He said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
5. For you are not being sent to a people of foreign speech and hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6. nor to many peoples of foreign speech and hard language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you.
7. But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me. For all the house of Israel is impudent and obstinate.
8. But I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
9. As emery harder than flint, I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.