^{3 Ref} And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.

^{4 Ref} And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

^{5 Ref} And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.