⁹ `Son of man, have they not said unto thee -- the house of Israel -- the rebellious house -- What art thou doing?

¹² `Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these `are'? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself to Babylon.

¹⁹ And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these `are' to us, that thou art doing?'

⁴⁹ And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?

⁵ and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they `are' -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.

⁶ `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,

⁷ And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they `are' rebellious.

⁸ `And thou, son of man, hear that which I am speaking unto thee: Thou art not rebellious like the rebellious house, open thy mouth, and eat that which I am giving unto thee.'

¹ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

² `Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.

³ And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they `are'.