Ezekiel 3

1 He said to me, "Son of man, eat that which you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."NHEB — Ezekiel 3:1

2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:2

3 He said to me, "Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your belly with this scroll that I give you." Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:3

4 He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:4

5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;NHEB — Ezekiel 3:5

6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:6

7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:7

8 Look, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:8

9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house."NHEB — Ezekiel 3:9

10 Moreover he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:10

11 And go to the exiles, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the LORD'; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:11

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place."NHEB — Ezekiel 3:12

13 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.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:13

14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the anger of my spirit; and the hand of the LORD was strong on me.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:14

15 Then I came to them of the exiles at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:15

16 It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,NHEB — Ezekiel 3:16

17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:17

18 When I tell the wicked, 'You shall surely die'; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:18

19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:19

20 "Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:20

21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul."NHEB — Ezekiel 3:21

22 The hand of the LORD was there on me; and he said to me, "Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you."NHEB — Ezekiel 3:22

23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and look, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:23

24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, "Go, shut yourself inside your house.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:24

25 But you, son of man, look, they shall lay bands on you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:NHEB — Ezekiel 3:25

26 and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:26

27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD': He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.NHEB — Ezekiel 3:27