The Call of Ezekiel to Speak God’s Words

¹ And he said to me, “Son of man,¹ stand on your feet, so that I can speak with you.”

1. Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”

² And the Spirit¹ came into me as he was speaking to me, and it set me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

1. Or “a spirit”

³ And he said to me, “Son of man,¹ I am sending you to the ⌞Israelites⌟,² to nations³ who are rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors,⁴ they transgressed against me ⌞until this very day⌟.⁵

1. Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
2. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
3. Or “a people”
4. Hebrew “fathers”
5. Literally “until the day the this”

⁴ And the children¹ are ⌞impudent⌟² and ⌞stubborn⌟,³ and so I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh!’

1. Or “sons”
2. Literally “hard of face”
3. Literally “strong of heart”

⁵ And they, whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are a rebellious house, they will know that a prophet was in their midst.

⁶ And you, son of man,¹ you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because² briers and thorns are with you, and you are sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their ⌞looks⌟,³ for they are a rebellious house.

1. Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
2. Or “although”
3. Literally “faces”

⁷ And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious.

⁸ And you, son of man,¹ hear what I am speaking to you: you must not be rebellious like the house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving to you.”

1. Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”

⁹ And I looked,¹ and look! There was a hand stretched out to me, and look! In it was ⌞a scroll with writing⌟.²

1. Or “saw”
2. Literally “a scroll of a book”

¹⁰ And he rolled it out¹ ⌞before me⌟,² and it was written on the front and back, and there were written on it laments and mourning and wailing.³

1. Or “he spread it out”
2. Literally “to the face of me”
3. Or “woe”