| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
