Ezekiel:1-4
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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year ,
in the fourth month ,
in the fifth day of the month ,
as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar ,
that the heavens were opened ,
and I saw visions of God .
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In the fifth day of the month ,
which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin '
s captivity ,
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The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest ,
the son of Buzi ,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar ;
and the hand of the LORD was there upon him .
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And I looked ,
and ,
behold ,
a whirlwind came out of the north ,
a great cloud ,
and a fire infolding itself ,
and a brightness was about it ,
and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber ,
out of the midst of the fire .
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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures .
And this was their appearance ;
they had the likeness of a man .
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And every one had four faces ,
and every one had four wings .
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And their feet were straight feet ;
and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf '
s foot :
and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass .
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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides ;
and they four had their faces and their wings .
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Their wings were joined one to another ;
they turned not when they went ;
they went every one straight forward .
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As for the likeness of their faces ,
they four had the face of a man ,
and the face of a lion ,
on the right side :
and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ;
they four also had the face of an eagle .
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Thus were their faces :
and their wings were stretched upward ;
two wings of every one were joined one to another ,
and two covered their bodies .
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And they went every one straight forward :
whither the spirit was to go ,
they went ;
and they turned not when they went .
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As for the likeness of the living creatures ,
their appearance was like burning coals of fire ,
and like the appearance of lamps :
it went up and down among the living creatures ;
and the fire was bright ,
and out of the fire went forth lightning .
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And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning .
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Now as I beheld the living creatures ,
behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures ,
with his four faces .
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The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl :
and they four had one likeness :
and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel .
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When they went ,
they went upon their four sides :
and they turned not when they went .
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As for their rings ,
they were so high that they were dreadful ;
and their rings were full of eyes round about them four .
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And when the living creatures went ,
the wheels went by them :
and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth ,
the wheels were lifted up .
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Whithersoever the spirit was to go ,
they went ,
thither was their spirit to go ;
and the wheels were lifted up over against them :
for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels .
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When those went ,
these went ;
and when those stood ,
these stood ;
and when those were lifted up from the earth ,
the wheels were lifted up over against them :
for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels .
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And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal ,
stretched forth over their heads above .
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And under the firmament were their wings straight ,
the one toward the other :
every one had two ,
which covered on this side ,
and every one had two ,
which covered on that side ,
their bodies .
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And when they went ,
I heard the noise of their wings ,
like the noise of great waters ,
as the voice of the Almighty ,
the voice of speech ,
as the noise of an host :
when they stood ,
they let down their wings .
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And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads ,
when they stood ,
and had let down their wings .
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And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne ,
as the appearance of a sapphire stone :
and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it .
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And I saw as the colour of amber ,
as the appearance of fire round about within it ,
from the appearance of his loins even upward ,
and from the appearance of his loins even downward ,
I saw as it were the appearance of fire ,
and it had brightness round about .
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As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain ,
so was the appearance of the brightness round about .
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD .
And when I saw it ,
I fell upon my face ,
and I heard a voice of one that spake .
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And he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
stand upon thy feet ,
and I will speak unto thee .
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And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me ,
and set me upon my feet ,
that I heard him that spake unto me .
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And he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
I send thee to the children of Israel ,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me :
they and their fathers have transgressed against me ,
even unto this very day .
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For they are impudent children and stiffhearted .
I do send thee unto them ;
and thou shalt say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD .
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And they ,
whether they will hear ,
or whether they will forbear , (
for they are a rebellious house ,)
yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them .
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And thou ,
son of man ,
be not afraid of them ,
neither be afraid of their words ,
though briers and thorns be with thee ,
and thou dost dwell among scorpions :
be not afraid of their words ,
nor be dismayed at their looks ,
though they be a rebellious house .
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And thou shalt speak my words unto them ,
whether they will hear ,
or whether they will forbear :
for they are most rebellious .
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But thou ,
son of man ,
hear what I say unto thee ;
Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house :
open thy mouth ,
and eat that I give thee .
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And when I looked ,
behold ,
an hand was sent unto me ;
and ,
lo ,
a roll of a book was therein ;
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And he spread it before me ;
and it was written within and without :
and there was written therein lamentations ,
and mourning ,
and woe .
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Moreover he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
eat that thou findest ;
eat this roll ,
and go speak unto the house of Israel .
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So I opened my mouth ,
and he caused me to eat that roll .
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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 .
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And he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
go ,
get thee unto the house of Israel ,
and speak with my words unto them .
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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language ,
but to the house of Israel ;
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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 .
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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 .
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Behold ,
I have made thy face strong against their faces ,
and thy forehead strong against their foreheads .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days ,
that the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Again ,
When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness ,
and commit iniquity ,
and I lay a stumblingblock 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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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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Thou also ,
son of man ,
take thee a tile ,
and lay it before thee ,
and pourtray upon it the city ,
even Jerusalem :
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And lay siege against it ,
and build a fort against it ,
and cast a mount against it ;
set the camp also against it ,
and set battering rams against it round about .
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Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan ,
and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city :
and set thy face against it ,
and it shall be besieged ,
and thou shalt lay siege against it .
This shall be a sign to the house of Israel .
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Lie thou also upon thy left side ,
and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it :
according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity .
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For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity ,
according to the number of the days ,
three hundred and ninety days :
so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel .
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And when thou hast accomplished them ,
lie again on thy right side ,
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days :
I have appointed thee each day for a year .
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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem ,
and thine arm shall be uncovered ,
and thou shalt prophesy against it .
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And ,
behold ,
I will lay bands upon thee ,
and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another ,
till thou hast ended the days of thy siege .
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Take thou also unto thee wheat ,
and barley ,
and beans ,
and lentiles ,
and millet ,
and fitches ,
and put them in one vessel ,
and make thee bread thereof ,
according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side ,
three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof .
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And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight ,
twenty shekels a day :
from time to time shalt thou eat it .
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Thou shalt drink also water by measure ,
the sixth part of an hin :
from time to time shalt thou drink .
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And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes ,
and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man ,
in their sight .
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And the LORD said ,
Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles ,
whither I will drive them .
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Then said I ,
Ah Lord GOD !
behold ,
my soul hath not been polluted :
for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself ,
or is torn in pieces ;
neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth .
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Then he said unto me ,
Lo ,
I have given thee cow '
s dung for man '
s dung ,
and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith .
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Moreover he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
behold ,
I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem :
and they shall eat bread by weight ,
and with care ;
and they shall drink water by measure ,
and with astonishment :
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That they may want bread and water ,
and be astonied one with another ,
and consume away for their iniquity .
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And thou ,
son of man ,
take thee a sharp knife ,
take thee a barber '
s razor ,
and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard :
then take thee balances to weigh ,
and divide the hair .
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