New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.
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And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.
2 And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.
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And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.
3 He said to me, Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.
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And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.
4 The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord God."
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And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.
5 Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
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And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.
6 And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
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And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
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And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.
8 But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.
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But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.
9 I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it.
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And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;
10 He spread it before me; it had writing on the front and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
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And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.
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