Ezekiel 3:1-15.

Ezekiel 3:1-15 (Good News Translation)

1God said,
           "Mortal man, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people
of Israel."
            2So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
            3He said,
           "Mortal man, eat this scroll that I give you; fill your
stomach with it." I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey.
            4Then God said,
           Mortal man, go to the people of Israel and say to them
whatever I tell you to say.
            5I am not sending you to a nation that speaks a difficult
foreign language, but to the Israelites.
            6If I sent you to great nations that spoke difficult
languages you didn't understand, they would listen to you.
            7But none of the people of Israel will be willing to listen;
they will not even listen to me. All of them are stubborn and defiant.
            8Now I will make you as stubborn and as tough as they are.
            9I will make you as firm as a rock, as hard as a diamond;
don't be afraid of those rebels.

            10God continued,
           Mortal man, pay close attention and remember everything I tell
you.
            11Then go to the people of your nation who are in exile and
tell them what I, the Sovereign
           LORD, am saying to them, whether they pay attention to you or
not.

            12Then God's spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the
loud roar of a voice that said,
           Praise the glory of the
           LORD in heaven above!

            13I heard the wings of the creatures beating together in the
air, and the noise of the wheels, as loud as an earthquake.
            14The power of the
           LORD came on me with great force, and as his spirit carried me
off, I felt bitter and angry.
            15So I came to Tel Abib beside the Chebar River, where the
exiles were living, and for seven days I stayed there, overcome by what I
had seen and heard.

God bless you.