Ezekiel
Chapter 3
1
Moreover He said unto me,
"Son
of man, eat what you find.
Eat
this roll
{a written scroll},
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
your belly to eat,
and
fill your bowels with this roll
that
I give you.
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
you unto the house of Israel,
and
speak with My words unto them. 5
For
you are 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 you canst not understand.
Surely,
had I sent you to them,
they
would have hearkened unto you. 7
But
the house of Israel
will
not hearken unto you
for
they will not hearken unto Me . . .
for
all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. 8
Behold,
I have made your face strong against their faces,
and
your forehead strong against their foreheads . . . 9
as
an adamant harder than flint
have
I made your 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 you
receive
in your 'right lobe'/heart,
and
hear with your ears. 11``
And
go, get you to them of the captivity,
unto
the children of your people,
and
speak unto them, and tell them,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/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 Jehovah/God
from
His place."
13
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures
who
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 Jehovah/God was strong upon me.
15
Then I came to those
of
the captivity at Telabib,
who
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/'doctrinal communication' {dabar} of Jehovah/God
came
unto me, saying, 17
"Son
of man,
I
have made you 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, 'You shall surely die'.
And
you give him not warning,
nor
speak 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 your hand. 19
Yet
if you warn the wicked,
and
he turn not from his wickedness,
nor
from his wicked way,
he
shall die in his iniquity;
but
you have delivered your soul. 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 righteousness
which
he has done
shall
not be remembered.
But his blood will I require at your hand. 21
Nevertheless,
if you warn the righteous man,
that
the righteous sin not,
and
he does not sin,
he
shall surely live,
because
he is warned . . .
also
you have delivered your soul."
22
And the hand of Jehovah/God was there upon me
and
He said unto me,
"Arise,
go forth into the plain,
and
I will there talk with you."
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain.
And,
behold, the glory of Jehovah/God 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
spoke with me,
and
said unto me,
"Go,
shut yourself within your house. 25
But
you, O son of man, behold,
they
shall put bands upon you all,
and
shall bind you with them,
and
you shall not go out among them. 26
And
I will make your tongue
cleave
to the roof of your mouth,
that
you shall be dumb,
and
shall not be to them a reprover . . .
for
they are a rebellious house. 27``
But
when I speak with you,
I
will open your mouth,
and
you shall say unto them,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God,
"He
who hears, let him hear.
{let those with positive volition to studying doctrine, listen to
doctrinal teaching}
And
he who forbears,
let
him forbear . . .
for
they are a rebellious house.
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