Ezekiel 2:8-3:3

Contemporary English Version

⁸ Ezekiel, don't rebel against me, as they have done. Instead, listen to everything I tell you.

And now, Ezekiel, open your mouth and eat what I am going to give you.

^9 (A) Just then, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. And in it was a scroll.^{[a] 10} The hand opened the scroll, and both sides of it were filled with words of sadness, mourning, and grief.

3 ^(B) The Lord said, “Ezekiel, son of man, after you eat this scroll, go speak to the people of Israel.”

^2-3 He handed me the scroll and said, “Eat this and fill up on it.” So I ate the scroll, and it tasted sweet as honey.