1. And he said to me, ‘Son of man, eat what is before you, 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. Then he said to me, ‘Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.’ So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4. He then said to me: ‘Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.
5. You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel –
6. not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.