Ezekiel 3:4-14

4Then He said to me, “Son of man, 1go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5For 2you are not being sent to a people of 34unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, 6nor to many peoples of 5unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. 6But I have sent you to 7the people who understand you; 7yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are 8not willing to listen to Me. The entire house of Israel certainly is 9stubborn and obstinate. 8Behold, I have made your face just as hard as their faces, and your forehead just as hard as their foreheads. 9Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, since they are a rebellious house.” 10Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My 10words which I will speak to you and listen 11closely. 1112Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or 13not, ‘This is what the Lord 14God says.’”

12Then the 15Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great 16rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place!” 13And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the 17wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound. 14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and 18the hand of the Lord was strong on me.