Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Ezekiel 2
³ And He said to me: "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.
⁴ For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ’Thus says the Lord God.’
⁵ As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse--for they are a rebellious house--yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.
⁶ "And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
⁷ You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
⁸ But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you."
⁹ Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
¹⁰ Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.
Ezekiel 3
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.