The Book of Ezekiel
3:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll,
and go, speak unto the house of Israel. 3:2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me
to eat the roll. 3:3And 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. 3:4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the
house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 3:5For thou art not sent to a
people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6not
to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou
canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.
3:7But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto
me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart. 3:8Behold, I
have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their
foreheads. 3:9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them
not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
3:10Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto
thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. 3:11And 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 Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing,
saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place. 3:13And I heard the noise of
the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the
wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up,
and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand
of Jehovah was strong upon me. 3:15Then I came to them of the captivity at
Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there
overwhelmed among them seven days. 3:16And it came to pass at the end of seven
days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 3:17Son 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. 3:18When 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 thy hand. 3:19Yet 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. 3:20Again, 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
righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I
require at thy hand. 3:21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the
righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took
warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul. 3:22And the hand of Jehovah was there
upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk
with thee. 3:23Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of
Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on
my face. 3:24Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house. 3:25But thou, son of
man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and
thou shalt not go out among them: 3:26and 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. 3:27But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth,
and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let
him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.