Ezekiel 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.
2. So I opened * my mouth, and he caused me to eat * that roll.
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.
4. And he said * unto me, Son of man,go * , get * thee unto the house of Israel, and speak * with my words unto them.
5. For thou art not sent * to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
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.
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.
8. Behold, I have made * thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
