Ezekiel’s Call

1And then said he vnto me, Stande vp vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of man) and I wyll talke with thee. 2And the spirite entred into me when he had spoken vnto me, & set me vpon my feete, so that I heard him that spake vnto me. 3And he sayde vnto me, Thou sonne of man, I sende thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people which haue rebelled against me, both they and their forefathers haue wickedly behaued them selues against me, euen vnto this very day. 4For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart, I do sende thee vnto them, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God. 5And whether they wyll heare or refuse (for they are a rebellious house) yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them. 6And thou sonne of man feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, for bryers and thornes are with thee, and thou doest dwell among scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be abashed at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house. 7And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them, whether they wyll heare or refuse, for they are rebellious.

8Therefore thou sonne of man, obay thou all thinges that I say vnto thee, and be not thou rebellious lyke the rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eate that I geue thee. 9And when I looked, beholde a hand was sent vnto me, and lo, in it was a roule of a booke. 10And he opened it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, lamentations, and mourning, and wo.