2:1 And he said to me, "Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak with you."
2:1 He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.

2:2 And when he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.
2:2 And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.

2:3 And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels, who have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
2:3 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.

2:4 The people also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them; and you shall say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD.'
2:4 The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD."

2:5 And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
2:5 Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

2:6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
2:6 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.

2:7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
2:7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.

2:8 "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth, and eat what I give you."
2:8 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.

2:9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and, lo, a written scroll was in it;
2:9 I looked, and a hand was stretched out to me, and a written scroll was in it.

2:10 and he spread it before me; and it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
2:10 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.