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 this roll . * And he said unto me , Son of man , feed thy belly , and fill thy bowels with this roll that I am giving unto thee . And I ate it ; and it was in my mouth like honey in 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 not to a people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue art thou sent , but to the house of Israel ; * Not to many people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue , whose words thou canst not understand . Surely , had I sent thee to them , they would truly have hearkened unto thee . * But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee ; for they will not hearken unto me ; for all the house of Israel have a bold forehead , and a hard heart . * Behold , I have made thy face strong against their face , and thy forehead strong against their forehead . * As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead : thou shalt not fear them , nor shalt thou be dismayed at their presence , though they be a rebellious family . * And he said unto me , Son of man , all my words that I will speak unto thee receive in thy heart , and hear with thy ears . * And go , get thee to those in exile , unto the children of thy people , and speak unto them , and say unto them , Thus hath said the Lord Eternal : whether they will hear , or whether they will forbear . * Then a spirit took me up , and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing , Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place . * also the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another , and the sound of the wheels at the same time with them , and the sound of a great rushing . * So a spirit lifted me up , and took me away , and I walked in bitterness , in the heat of my spirit , and the inspiration of the Lord was strong upon me . * Then came I to the exiles at Tel –abib , who dwelt by the river Kebar , and I remained where they dwelt , and I remained there in a state of confusion among them seven days . * And it came to pass at the end of seven days , That the word of the Lord came unto me , saying , * Son of man , I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth , and give them warning from me . * When I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt surely die ; and thou dost not give him warning , and speakest not to warn the wicked from his wicked way , to save his life : the same wicked man shall die through his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . * But thou ,––if thou hast warned the wicked , and he turn not from his wickedness , nor from his wicked way : he shall indeed die in his iniquity ; but thou hast surely delivered thy soul . * Again , When a righteous man do turn from his righteousness , and do what is wrong : then will I lay a stumbling –block before him , he shall die ; yet if thou hast not given him warning , he shall die in his sin , and his acts of righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require from thy hand . * But if thou hast truly warned him ,––the righteous , that the righteous should not sin , and he doth not sin : he shall surely live , because he attended to the warning , and thou hast surely delivered thy own soul . * And the inspiration of the Lord came there over me ; and he said unto me , Arise , go forth into the valley , and there will I speak with thee . * And I arose , and went forth into the valley ; and , behold , there was the glory of the Lord standing , like that glory which I had seen by the river Kebar : and I fell down on my face . * Then entered a spirit into me , and placed me upright on my feet , and spoke with me , and said unto me , Go , shut thyself up within thy house . * But thou , O son of man , behold , they put ropes upon thee , and bind thee with them , that thou canst not go out among them : * And I will let thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth , that thou shalt be dumb , and shalt not become to them a man who reproveth ; for they are a rebellious family . * But when I speak with thee , I will open thy mouth , and thou shalt say unto them , Thus hath said the Lord Eternal , He that heareth , let him hear ; and he that forbeareth , let him forebear ; for they are a rebellious family .

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