“1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that 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 that 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 an hard language, [but] to
the house of Israel; 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an
hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent
thee to them, they would have hearkened 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] impudent and hardhearted. 8 Behold, I
have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong
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 [be] a rebellious house. 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man,
all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine 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 GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear. 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of
a great rushing, [saying], Blessed [be] the glory of the LORD from his
place. 13 [I heard] also the noise of the wings of the living creatures
that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them,
and a 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; but the
hand of the LORD was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to them of the
captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where
they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.”
“16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the
LORD 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 thine 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 righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but
his blood will I require at thine 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 is warned; also thou hast delivered thy
soul.”
“22 And the hand of the LORD 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 the
LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I
fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my
feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine
house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put 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 GOD; He that
heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they
[are] a rebellious house.” (Ezekiel 3:1-27 AV)
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