Ezekiel (KJV) 3
3 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 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.
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.
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