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Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet (continued)
3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat
that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the
house of Israel.
3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that
roll.
3:3 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.
3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the
house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech
and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
3:6 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.
3:7 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.
3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their
faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
3:9 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.
3:10 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.
3:11 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.
3:12 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.
3:13 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.
3:14 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.
3:15 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.
Ezekiel’s Task as
Watchman
3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
3:17 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.
3:18 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.
3:19 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.
3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his
righteousness, and commit iniquity, 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
righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
3:21 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.
3:22 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.
3:23 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.
3:24 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.
3:25 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:
3:26 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.
3:27 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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