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Hann sagði við mig: "Þú mannsson, statt á fætur, að ég megi tala við þig."

Þá kom andi í mig, er hann talaði þannig til mín, sem reisti mig á fætur, og ég heyrði til þess, er við mig talaði.

Og hann sagði við mig: "Þú mannsson, ég ætla að senda þig til Ísraelsmanna, til hinna fráhorfnu, þeirra er mér hafa gjörst fráhverfir. Þeir og feður þeirra hafa rofið trúna við mig allt fram á þennan dag.

Ég sendi þig til þeirra, sem eru þrjóskir á svip og harðir í hjarta, og þú skalt segja við þá: ,Svo segir Drottinn Guð!`

Og hvort sem þeir hlýða á það eða gefa því engan gaum _ því að þeir eru þverúðug kynslóð _ þá skulu þeir vita, að spámaður er á meðal þeirra.

En þú, mannsson, skalt ekki hræðast þá og ekki óttast orð þeirra, þótt netlur og þyrnar séu hjá þér og þótt þú búir meðal sporðdreka. Orð þeirra skalt þú ekki óttast og ekki skelfast fyrir augliti þeirra, því að þeir eru þverúðug kynslóð.

Heldur skalt þú tala orð mín til þeirra, hvort sem þeir hlýða á þau eða gefa þeim engan gaum, því að þeir eru þverúðin einber.

En þú, mannsson, heyr þú það, er ég tala til þín! Ver þú eigi einber þverúð, eins og hin þverúðuga kynslóð. Lúk upp munni þínum og et það, er ég fæ þér."

Ég sá þá, að hönd var út rétt móti mér. Í henni var bókrolla.

10 Og hann rakti hana sundur fyrir mér, og var hún rituð bæði utan og innan, og voru á hana rituð harmljóð, andvörp og kveinstafir.

Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet

He said to me, “Son of man,[a](A) stand(B) up on your feet and I will speak to you.(C) As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me(D) to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.(E) The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.(F) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(G) And whether they listen or fail to listen(H)—for they are a rebellious people(I)—they will know that a prophet has been among them.(J) And you, son of man, do not be afraid(K) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(L) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(M) You must speak(N) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.(O) But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel(P) like that rebellious people;(Q) open your mouth and eat(R) what I give you.”

Then I looked, and I saw a hand(S) stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,(T) 10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.(U)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:1 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.

And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.

And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.