1And he said to me: “Son of man, eat the thing that you find. Eat this scroll and go speak with those of the household of the children of Israel” 2And I opened my mouth and he fed me that scroll 3And he said to me: “Son of man, fill your belly and your bowels from this scroll that I gave to you.” And I ate it, and it was in my mouth like sweet honey

4And he said to me: “Son of man, go enter the captivity of the children of Israel and tell them my words 5Because it was not to a people of difficult speaking and stammering tongue I sent you, but to those of the household of Israel 6Neither to many nations whose speech you have not heard, and if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you 7But those of the house of Israel did not listen to you, because they are unwilling to listen to me, because all the household of Israel has hardened their forehead and hardens their heart 8Behold, I have hardened your face against their faces, and your forehead I have set firm against their forehead 9Like a diamond that is harder than flint I have made your forehead. You shall not be afraid of them, and you shall not be moved from before them, because they are a rebellious house 10And he said to me: “Son of man, all my words that I spoke to you accept in your heart and hear with your ears 11And go enter the captivity to the children of your people and speak with them and say to them: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS.’ Perhaps they shall hear and they shall be moved

12And The Spirit picked me up, and I heard behind me a sound of a great earthquake that said, ‘Blessed is the glory of LORD JEHOVAH from his place!’ 13And the sound of the wings of the beasts flapping one against another and the sound of the wheels with them and the sound of a great earthquake 14And The Spirit picked me up and he brought me, and I went in the eagerness of my spirit, and the hand of LORD JEHOVAH was strong upon me 15And I entered the captivity at Telakiv that dwelt on the River Kebar, and I dwelt there seven days, as I was speechless among them

16And after seven days, the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me saying 17“Son of man, I have given you as a watchman to those of the house of Israel, that you will hear from my mouth the word and you will warn them from me 18When I say to the sinner: "You shall surely die”, and you have not warned him and you have not spoken to the sinner that he would be warned of his way, and that sinner would live in his evil, he shall die, and his blood I shall require of your hand! 19But if you warn a sinner and he will not turn from his sin and from his evil way, he shall die in his sin and you shall save your soul 20And when the righteous will turn from his righteousness and he will do evil, I shall put a stumbling block in front of him and he shall die. Because you did not warn him, he shall die and his righteousness that he did shall not be remembered for him, and his blood I shall require of your hands 21But if you will warn the righteous not to sin and the righteous does not sin, he shall live, for he was warned, and you will save your soul”

22And the hand of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me there, and he said to me: “Arise, go out to the plain, and there I shall speak with you” 23And I got up, I went out to the plain, and standing there was the glory of the God of Israel, like the glory that I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell on my face 24And The Spirit entered into me, and he stood me on my feet, and he spoke with me and he said to me: “Come, shut yourself up in your house 25And you, son of man, behold, they shall cast chains upon you and they shall bind you in them that you will not go out among them 26And your tongue shall stick to the roof of your palate, and you shall be mute, and you shall not be a reprover to them, because they are a rebellious house 27And whenever I speak with you, I open your mouth that you shall say to them, “Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS.” He who hears shall hear, and he who trembles shall tremble, because they are a rebellious house”