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And he said to me, "Son of man, what you find, eat! Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."
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And I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat,
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and he said to me, "Son of man, you must give your stomach [this] to eat, and you must fill your belly [with] this scroll that I [am] giving to you." And I ate, and it became {like sweet honey} in my mouth.
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And he said to me, "Son of man, come! Go to the house of Israel, and you must speak to them with my words.
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For you are sent to the house of Israel, not to a people {of obscure speech} and {of a difficult language},
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[and] not to many nations {of obscure speech} and {a difficult language} {whose words} you do not understand, [for] if I had sent you to them they would have listened to you.
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And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they [are] not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they [are] hard of heart.
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[But] look, I have made your face hard {against} their faces and your forehead hard {against} their forehead.