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1. And then said he vnto me, Stande vp vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of man) and I wyll talke with thee.
2. And the spirite entred into me when he had spoken vnto me, & set me vpon my feete, so that I heard him that spake vnto me.
3. And he sayde vnto me, Thou sonne of man, I sende thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people which haue rebelled against me, both they and their forefathers haue wickedly behaued them selues against me, euen vnto this very day.
4. For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart, I do sende thee vnto them, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God.
5. And whether they wyll heare or refuse (for they are a rebellious house) yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them.
6. And thou sonne of man feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, for bryers and thornes are with thee, and thou doest dwell among scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be abashed at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house.
7. And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them, whether they wyll heare or refuse, for they are rebellious.
8. Therefore thou sonne of man, obay thou all thinges that I say vnto thee, and be not thou rebellious lyke the rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eate that I geue thee.
9. And when I looked, beholde a hand was sent vnto me, and lo, in it was a roule of a booke.
10. And he opened it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, lamentations, and mourning, and wo.