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Chapter 3
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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. |
3
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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. |
4
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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. |
5
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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; |
6
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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. |
8
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Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces,
and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. |
9
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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. |
10
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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. |
11
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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. |
12
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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. |
13
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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. |
14
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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. |
15
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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. |
16
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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, |
17
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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. |
18
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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. |
20
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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. |
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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. |
22
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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. |
23
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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. |
24
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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. |
