Ezek 3
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And he said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this roll, and go, speak
to the house of Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll.
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And he said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with
this roll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness.
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And he said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with
my words to them.
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For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to
the house of Israel;
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not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can
not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would hearken to you.
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But the house of Israel will not hearken to you; for they will not hearken to me:
for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
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Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against
their foreheads.
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As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither
be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
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Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive
in your heart, and hear with your ears.
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And go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak
to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord YHWH; whether they will hear, or whether
they will forbear.
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Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing,
[saying], Blessed be the glory of YHWH from his place.
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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.
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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; and the hand of YHWH was strong upon me.
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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.
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the
word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
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When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor
speak 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 your hand.
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Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked
way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
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Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity,
and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall
not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
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Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does
not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your
soul.
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And the hand of YHWH was there upon me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the
plain, and I will there talk with you.
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Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of YHWH stood
there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
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Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and
said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
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But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon you, and shall bind you with
them, and you shall not go out among them:
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and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb,
and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
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But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus
says the Lord YHWH: He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear:
for they are a rebellious house.