Ezekiel 2:4-3:3

English Standard Version

⁴ The descendants also are ^(A)impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ ⁵ And ^(B)whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are ^(C)a rebellious house) ^(D)they will know that a prophet has been among them. ⁶ And you, son of man, ^(E)be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, ^(F)though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on ^(G)scorpions.^[a] 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, ^(H)whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

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

3 And he said to me, ^(N)“Son of man, eat whatever you find here. ^(O)Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” ² So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. ³ And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” ^(P)Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth ^(Q)as sweet as honey.