1. And He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find, eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Yisra’ĕl.”
2. And I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.
3. And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4. And He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Yisra’ĕl, and you shall speak to them with My words.
5. “For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and of difficult language, but to the house of Yisra’ĕl,
6. not to many people of foreign speech and of difficult language, whose words you do not understand. If I had rather sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
7. “But the house of Yisra’ĕl is going to refuse to listen to you, for they refuse to listen to Me. For all the house of Yisra’ĕl are hard of head, and hard of heart.
8. “See, I shall make your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.