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Chapter 3 |
| 1 | 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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2 | So I opened my mouth, and he caused me
to eat that roll. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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20 | 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
