Ezekiel 3:1–9
1He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”↗
2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.↗
3He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.↗
4He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.↗
5For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—↗
6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.↗
7But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.↗
8Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.↗
9I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”↗
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