1. Then the Lord said to me, “Human, eat what you find; eat this scroll. Then go and speak to the people of Israel.”
2. So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
3. He said to me, “Human, eat this scroll which I am giving you, and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4. Then he said to me, “Human, go to the people of Israel, and speak my words to them.
5. You are not being sent to people whose speech you can’t understand, whose language is difficult. You are being sent to Israel.
6. You are not being sent to many nations whose speech you can’t understand, whose language is difficult, whose words you cannot understand. If I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.