28LIKE [THE] APPEARANCE OF <THE> RAINBOW WHICH IT IS IN THE CLOUD[S] ON [THE] DAY OF <THE> RAIN SO [THE] APPEARANCE OF THE BRIGHTNESS ALL AROUND THAT [WAS] [THE] APPEARANCE OF [THE] LIKENESS OF [THE] GLORY OF YAHWEH AND I SAW [IT] AND I FELL ON FACE MY AND I HEARD A VOICE SPEAKING 28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
1AND HE SAID TO ME O SON OF HUMANKIND STAND ON FEET YOUR SO I MAY SPEAK <OBJ.> YOU Ezekiel’s Call 1“Son of man,*NoteCloseOr Son of Adam; here and throughout Ezekiel ” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
2AND IT CAME IN ME A SPIRIT JUST WHEN HE SPOKE TO ME AND IT MADE STAND UP ME ON FEET MY AND I HEARD <OBJ.> [ONE WHO] SPOKE TO ME 2And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
3AND HE SAID TO ME O SON OF HUMANKIND [AM] SENDING I <OBJ.> YOU TO [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO NATIONS <THE> REBELLIOUS WHICH THEY HAVE REBELLED AGAINST ME THEY AND ANCESTORS THEIR THEY HAVE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST ME UNTIL [THE] SUBSTANCE OF THE DAY <THE> THIS 3“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
4AND THE CHILDREN [ARE] STERN OF FACE AND HARD OF HEART I [AM] SENDING <OBJ.> YOU TO THEM AND YOU WILL SAY TO THEM THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH 4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
5AND THEY WHETHER THEY WILL LISTEN AND OR THEY WILL REFRAIN FOR [ARE] A HOUSE OF REBELLION THEY AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT A PROPHET HE HAS BEEN IN MIDST OF THEM 5And whether they listen or refuse to listen— for they are a rebellious house— they will know that a prophet has been among them.
6AND YOU O SON OF HUMANKIND MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID FROM THEM AND FROM WORDS THEIR MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID FOR NETTLES AND THORNS WITH YOU AND TO SCORPIONS YOU [ARE] DWELLING FROM WORDS THEIR MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID AND FROM FACES THEIR MAY NOT YOU BE DISMAYED FOR [ARE] A HOUSE OF REBELLION THEY 6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
7AND YOU WILL SPEAK <OBJ.> WORDS MY TO THEM WHETHER THEY WILL LISTEN AND OR THEY WILL REFRAIN FOR [ARE] REBELLIOUS THEY 7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
8AND YOU O SON OF HUMANKIND HEAR <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH I [AM] SPEAKING TO YOU MAY NOT YOU BE REBELLIOUS LIKE [THE] HOUSE OF <THE> REBELLION OPEN MOUTH YOUR AND EAT <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH I [AM] GIVING TO YOU 8And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
9AND I SAW AND THERE! A HAND [WAS] STRETCHED OUT TO ME AND THERE! [WAS] IN IT A SCROLL OF A DOCUMENT 9Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
10AND HE SPREAD OUT <OBJ.> IT <TO> BEFORE ME AND IT [WAS] WRITTEN FACE AND BACK AND [WAS] WRITTEN TO IT LAMENTATIONS AND MOANING AND WAILING 10which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.