The Lord Said: "It's Gotta Be Said... and Submitted to"

Ezekiel 2:1 And he said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” 2 And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. 4 The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 5 And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them... 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.”

The book of Ezekiel opens with God appearing to Ezekiel while in Exile in Babylon, giving him a demonstration of His glory from His perspective there. In this chapter God begins to speak to him, telling him what he is being called to do: speak to people who have rebelled against him, making sure that he does not respond in the same way.  Even though he will have some hard things to say, he must both receive them and repeat them to people who do not want to hear. The words will not necessarily taste good or settle well, but they must be spoken.