Ezekiel
Chapter Three
1 And he said unto me,
Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the
house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels
with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as
honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and
speak with my words unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language,
but to the house of Israel;
6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words
thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken
unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken
unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
8 Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard
against their foreheads.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither
be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto
thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people,
and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great
rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place.
13 And I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched
one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great
rushing.
14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in
the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river
Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven
days.
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore
hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life;
the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require
at thy hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from
his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou
hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds
which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at
thy hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not,
and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou
hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go
forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah
stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my
face.
24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with
me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.
25 But thou, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind
thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt
be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that
forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
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