Then the Lord said to me, “Human, eat what you find; eat this scroll. Then go and speak to the people of Israel.”
He said, “Human, I am sending you to the people of Israel. That nation has turned against me and broken away from me. They and their ancestors have sinned against me until this very day.
I came to the captives from Judah, who lived by the Kebar River at Tel Abib. I sat there seven days where these people lived, feeling shocked.
Continue to do those things; give your life to doing them so your progress may be seen by everyone.
Then I said, ‘Look, I have come. It is written about me in the book. God, I have come to do what you want.’ ”