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 caused me to eat that scroll.
3. And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.
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 sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6. not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened 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 are impudent and hard-hearted.