Ezekiel:3

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* Moreover he said unto me , Son of man , eat that you find ; 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 your belly to eat , and fill your bowels with this roll that I give you . Then did I eat it ; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness . * And he said unto me , Son of man , go , get you unto the house of Israel , and speak with my words unto them . * For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language , but to the house of Israel ; * Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language , whose words you can not understand . Surely , had I sent you to them , they would have hearkened unto you . * But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you ; for they will not hearken unto me : for all the house of Israel are shameless and hardhearted . * Behold , I have made your face strong against their faces , and your forehead strong against their foreheads . * As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead : fear them not , neither be dismayed at their looks , though they be a rebellious house . * Moreover he said unto me , Son of man , all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in yours heart , and hear with yours ears . * And go , get you to them of the captivity , unto the children of your people , and speak unto them , and tell them , Thus says the Lord GOD ; whether they will hear , or whether they will forbear . * 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 . * I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another , and the noise of the wheels opposite to them , and a noise of a great rushing . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 you a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth , and give them warning from me . * When I say unto the wicked , You shall surely die ; and you give him not warning , nor speak 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 yours hand . * Yet if you warn the wicked , and he turn not from his wickedness , nor from his wicked way , he shall die in his iniquity ; but you have delivered your soul . * Again , When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness , and commit iniquity , and I lay a stumbling-block before him , he shall die : because you have not given him warning , he shall die in his sin , and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at yours hand . * Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man , that the righteous sin not , and he does not sin , he shall surely live , because he is warned ; also you have delivered your soul . * 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 you . * 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 . * Then the spirit entered into me , and set me upon my feet , and spoke with me , and said unto me , Go , shut yourself within yours house . * But you , O son of man , behold , they shall put bands upon you , and shall bind you with them , and you shall not go out among them : * And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth , that you shall be dumb , and shall not be to them a reprover : for they are a rebellious house . * But when I speak with you , I will open your mouth , and you shall say unto them , Thus says the Lord GOD ; He that hears , let him hear ; and he that forbears , let him forbear : for they are a rebellious house .

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