| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel." | 1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel." |
| 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. | 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. |
| 3 Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. | 3 Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. |
| 4 He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. | 4 He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. |
| 5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel-- | 5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel-- |
| 6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. | 6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. |
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