Ezekiel 3:1-13

Common English Bible

3 Then he said to me: Human one, eat this thing that you’ve found. Eat this scroll and go, speak to the house of Israel. ² So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. ³ He said to me: Human one, feed your belly and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you. So I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey.

⁴ Then he said to me: Human one, go! Go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. ⁵ You aren’t being sent to a people whose language and speech are difficult and obscure but to the house of Israel. ⁶ No, not to many peoples who speak difficult and obscure languages, whose words you wouldn’t understand. If I did send you to them, they would listen to you. ⁷ But the house of Israel—they will refuse to listen to you because they refuse to listen to me. The whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hard-hearted too. ⁸ I’ve now hardened your face so that you can meet them head-on. ⁹ I’ve made your forehead like a diamond, harder than stone. Don’t be afraid of them or shrink away from them, because they are a household of rebels.

¹⁰ He said to me: Human one, listen closely, and take to heart every word I say to you. ¹¹ Then go to the exiles, to your people’s children. Whether they listen or not, speak to them and say: The Lord God proclaims!

¹² Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great quaking sound from his place. Blessed is the Lord’s glory! ¹³ The sound was the creatures’ wings beating against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them; it was a great rumbling noise.