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Ezekiel 2
New King James Version

### Ezekiel Called to Be a Prophet

2 And He said to me, “Son of man, (A)stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” 2 Then (B)the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me. 3 And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has (C)rebelled against Me; (D)they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. 4 (E)For they are [a]impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 5 (F)As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a (G)rebellious house—yet they (H)will know that a prophet has been among them.

6 “And you, son of man, (I)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (J)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; (K)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, (L)though they are a rebellious house. 7 (M)You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. 8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and (N)eat what I give you.”

9 Now when I looked, there was (O)a hand stretched out to me; and behold, (P)a scroll of a book was in it. 10 Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.

#### Footnotes

1. Ezekiel 2:4 Lit. stiff-faced and hard-hearted sons

#### Cross references

1. Ezekiel 2:1 : Dan. 10:11; Acts 9:6
2. Ezekiel 2:2 : Ezek. 3:24; Dan. 8:18
3. Ezekiel 2:3 : Ezek. 5:6; 20:8, 13, 18
4. Ezekiel 2:3 : 1 Sam. 8:7, 8; Jer. 3:25; Ezek. 20:18, 21, 30
5. Ezekiel 2:4 : Ps. 95:8; Is. 48:4; Jer. 5:3; 6:15; Ezek. 3:7
6. Ezekiel 2:5 : Is. 6:9, 10; Ezek. 3:11, 26, 27; [Matt. 10:12–15; Acts 13:46]
7. Ezekiel 2:5 : Ezek. 3:26
8. Ezekiel 2:5 : Ezek. 33:33; [Luke 10:10, 11; John 15:22]
9. Ezekiel 2:6 : Is. 51:12; Jer. 1:8, 17; Ezek. 3:9; Luke 12:4
10. Ezekiel 2:6 : [2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Is. 9:18]; Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 28:24; Mic. 7:4
11. Ezekiel 2:6 : Ezek. 3:9; [1 Pet. 3:14]
12. Ezekiel 2:6 : Ezek. 3:9, 26, 27
13. Ezekiel 2:7 : Jer. 1:7, 17; [Ezek. 3:10, 17]
14. Ezekiel 2:8 : Ezek. 3:1–3; Rev. 10:9
15. Ezekiel 2:9 : Jer. 1:9; [Ezek. 8:3]
16. Ezekiel 2:9 : Jer. 36:2; Ezek. 3:1; Rev. 5:1–5; 10:8–11

New King James Version (NKJV)

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