2. So I opened my mouth, and He gave me that scroll to eat,
3. as He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” I ate it and it tasted as sweet as honey.
4. Then He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
5. For you are not sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel,
6. nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult tongue, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.
7. But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel has a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
8. Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.