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v1
And he said to me, “Son of man, ^[Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”] stand on your feet, so that I can speak with you.”
v2
And the Spirit ^[Or “a spirit”] came into me as he was speaking to me, and it set me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.
v3
And he said to me, “Son of man, ^[Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”] I am sending you to the Israelites, ^[Literally “sons/children of Israel”] to nations ^[Or “a people”] who are rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, ^[Hebrew “fathers”] they transgressed against me until this very day. ^[Literally “until the day the this”]
v4
And the children ^[Or “sons”] are impudent ^[Literally “hard of face”] and stubborn, ^[Literally “strong of heart”] and so I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh!‘
v5
And they, whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are a rebellious house, they will know that a prophet was in their midst.
v6
And you, son of man, ^[Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”] you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because ^[Or “although”] briers and thorns are with you, and you are sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their looks, ^[Literally “faces”] for they are a rebellious house.
v7
And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
v8
And you, son of man, ^[Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”] hear what I am speaking to you: you must not be rebellious like the house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving to you.”
v9
And I looked, ^[Or “saw”] and look! There was a hand stretched out to me, and look! In it was a scroll with writing. ^[Literally “a scroll of a book”]
v10
And he rolled it out ^[Or “he spread it out”] before me, ^[Literally “to the face of me”] and it was written on the front and back, and there were written on it laments and mourning and wailing. ^[Or “woe”]