Ezekiel:3

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* And he said unto me , Son of man , eat what thou findest ; eat this roll , and go , speak unto the house of Israel . * So I opened my mouth , and he caused me to eat that roll . * And he said unto me , Son of man , cause thy belly to eat , and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee . And I ate , and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness . * And he said unto me , Son of man , go , get thee unto the house of Israel , and speak with my words unto them . * For thou art not sent to a people of strange language , and of difficult speech , [but ] to the house of Israel ; * not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech , whose words thou canst not understand : had I sent thee to them , would they not hearken unto thee ? * But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee , for none of them will hearken unto me . For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart . * Behold , I have made thy face hard against their faces , and thy forehead hard against their foreheads . * As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead . Fear them not , neither be dismayed at them , for they are a rebellious house . * And he said unto me , Son of man , all my words which I shall speak unto thee , receive in thy heart , and hear with thine ears ; * 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 Jehovah , -- whether they will hear or whether they will forbear . * And the Spirit lifted me up , and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing , [saying ,] Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place ! * -- and the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another , and the sound of the wheels beside them , and the sound of a great rushing . * And the Spirit lifted me up , and took me away ; and I went in bitterness , in the heat of my spirit , and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me . * And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib , that dwelt by the river Chebar , and I sat where they sat ; and I sat there astonied among them seven days . * And it came to pass at the end of seven days , that the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel , and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth , and give them warning from me . * When I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt certainly die ; and thou givest him not warning , nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way , that he may live : the same wicked [man ] shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . * But 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 . * And when a righteous [man ] doth turn from his righteousness , and do what is wrong , 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 righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . * And if thou warn the righteous [man ], that the righteous sin not , and he doth not sin , he shall certainly live , for he hath taken warning ; and thou hast delivered thy soul . * And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me ; and he said unto me , Arise , go forth into the valley , and there I will talk with thee . * And I arose , and went forth into the valley , and behold , the glory of Jehovah stood there , like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar ; and I fell on my face . * And the Spirit entered into me , and set me upon my feet ; and he spoke with me , and said unto me , Go , shut thyself within thy house . * And thou , son of man , behold , they shall put bands upon thee , and shall bind thee therewith , and thou shalt not go out among them . * 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 . * And when I speak with thee , I will open thy mouth , and thou shalt say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : He that heareth , let him hear ; and he that forbeareth , let him forbear : for they are a rebellious house .

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