The Lord said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll. Then speak to the people of Israel.”
He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have rebelled against me to this day.
I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles who lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned.
Practice these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.
Then I said, ‘I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.) I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ”