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Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel’s Call

1 And he said to me, ^a“Son of man, ^{▼

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Or Son of Adam; so throughout Ezekiel} ^cstand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” 2 And as he spoke to me, ^dthe Spirit entered into me and ^eset me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to ^fnations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. ^gThey and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. 4 The descendants also are ^himpudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 5 And ⁱwhether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are ^ja rebellious house) ^kthey will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 And you, son of man, ^lbe not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, ^mthough briers and thorns are with you and you sit on ⁿscorpions. ^{▼

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Or on scorpion plants} Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak my words to them, ^pwhether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

8 “But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. ^qBe not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and ^reat what I give you.” 9 And when I looked, behold, ^sa hand was stretched out to me, and behold, ^ta scroll of a book was in it. 10 And he spread it before me. And it had writing ^uon the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.