Ezekiel’s Call
Ezekiel 2He said to me, “Son of humanity, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.
He said to me, “Son of humanity, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day. The children to whom I am sending you are impudent and hard-hearted. You are to tell them, ‘This is what Lord YHWH says.’ They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them. You, son of humanity, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or whether refuse, for they are most rebellious. But you, son of humanity, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”
When I looked, I saw a hand was stretched out to me, and a scroll of a book was in it. He spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written in it.