Moreover
he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou
findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the
house of Israel.
02 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat
that roll.
03 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.
04 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee
unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words
unto them.
05 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange
speech and of an hard language, but to the house
of Israel;
06 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.
07 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.
08 Behold, I have made thy face strong against
their faces, and thy forehead strong against
their foreheads.
09 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days,
that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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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