1. 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 the scroll.
3. He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4. He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
5. For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
6. not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
7. But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
8. Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
9. I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
10. Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
11. Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh;’ whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.