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Ezekiel 3 |
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest;
eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. |
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. |
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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. |
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And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house
of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. |
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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of
an hard language, but to the house of Israel; |
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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. |
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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. |
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Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and
thy forehead strong against their foreheads. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word
of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |