Ezekiel:3

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* And he said to me : Son of man , eat all that thou shalt find : eat this book , and go speak to the children of Israel . * And I opened my mouth , and he caused me to eat that book : * And he said to me : Son of man , thy belly shall eat , and thy bowels shall be filled with this book , which I give thee . And I did eat it : and it was sweet as honey in my mouth . * And he said to me : Son of man , go to the house of Israel , and thou shalt speak my words to them . * For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech , and of an unknown tongue , but to the house of Israel : * Nor to many nations of a strange speech , and of an unknown tongue , whose words thou canst not understand : and if thou wert sent to them , they would hearken to thee . * But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee : because they will not hearken to me : for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart . * Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces : and thy forehead harder than their foreheads . * I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint : fear them not , neither be thou dismayed at their presence : for they are a provoking house . * And he said to me : Son of man , receive in thy heart , and hear with thy ears , all the words that I speak to thee : * And go get thee in to them of the captivity , to the children of thy people , and thou shalt speak to them , and shalt say to them : Thus saith the Lord : If so be they will hear and will forbear . * And the spirit took me up , and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion , saying : Blessed be the glory of the Lord , from his place . * And the noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another , and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures , and the noise of a great commotion . * The spirit also lifted me , and took me up : and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit : for the hand of the Lord was with me , strengthening me . * And I came to them of the captivity , to the heap of new corn , to them that dwelt by the river Chobar , and I sat where they sat : and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them . * And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me , saying : * Son of man , I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel : and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth , and shalt tell it them from me . * If , when I say to the wicked , Thou shalt surely die : thou declare it not to him , nor speak to him , that he may be converted from his wicked way , and live : the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity , but I will require his blood at thy hand . * But if thou give warning to the wicked , and he be not converted from his wickedness , and from his evil way : he indeed shall die in his iniquity , but thou hast delivered thy soul . * Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice , and shall commit iniquity : I will lay a stumblingblock before him , he shall die , because thou hast not given him warning : he shall die in his sin , and his justices which he hath done , shall not be remembered : but I will require his blood at thy hand . * But if thou warn the just man , that the just may not sin , and he doth not sin : living he shall live , because thou hast warned him , and thou hast delivered thy soul . * And the hand of the Lord was upon me , and he said to me : Rise and go forth into the plain , and there I will speak to thee . * And I rose up , and went forth into the plain : and behold the glory of the Lord stood there , like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar : and I fell upon my face . * And the spirit entered into me , and set me upon my feet : and he spoke to me , and said to me : Go in ; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house . * And thou , O son of man , behold they shall put bands upon thee , and they shall bind thee with them : and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them . * And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth , and thou shalt be dumb , and not as a man that reproveth : because they are a provoking house . * But when I shall speak to thee , I will open thy mouth , and thou shalt say to them : Thus saith the Lord God : He that heareth , let him hear : and he that forbeareth , let him forbear : for they are a provoking house .

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