^{2 Ref} And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.

^{3 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

^{4 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

^{5 Ref} For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue `art' thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;

^{6 Ref} not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

^{7 Ref} but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

^{8 Ref} `Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.

^{9 Ref} As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house `are' they.'

^{10 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;

^{11 Ref} and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

^{12 Ref} And lift me up doth a spirit, and I hear behind me a noise, a great rushing -- `Blessed `is' the honour of Jehovah from His place!' --

^{13 Ref} even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.

^{14 Ref} And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me `is' strong.

^{15 Ref} And I come in unto the Removed, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.