EZEKIEL 3

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   1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is

before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the

people of Israel."   2 So I opened my mouth, and he

gave me the scroll to eat.

   3 Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I

am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate

it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

   4 He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the

people of Israel and speak my words to them.   5 You

are not being sent to a people of obscure speech

and strange language, but to the people of Israel--

6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and

strange language, whose words you cannot

understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they

would have listened to you.   7 But the people of Israel

are not willing to listen to you because they are not

willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are

hardened and obstinate.   8 But I will make you as

unyielding and hardened as they are.   9 I will make

your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than

flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them,

though they are a rebellious people."

   10 And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully

and take to heart all the words I speak to you.   11 Go

now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say

to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.'

whether they listen or fail to listen."

   12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind

me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the LORD

rose from the place where it was standing.   13 It

was the sound of the wings of the living creatures

brushing against each other and the sound of the

wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.   14 The

Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I

went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with

the strong hand of the LORD on me.   15 I came to the

exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And

there, where they were living, I sat among them for

seven days--deeply distressed.

Ezekiel's Task as Watchman

   16 At the end of seven days the word of the LORD
came to me:   17 "Son of man, I have made you a

watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word

I speak and give them warning from me.   18 When I 

say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you

do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them

from their evil ways in order to save their life, that

wicked person will die for their sin, and I will

hold you accountable for their blood.   19 But if you do

warn the wickedness or from their evil ways, they will

die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.

   20 "Again, when a righteous person turns from

their righteousness and does evil, and I put a

stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you

did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The

righteous things that person did will not be

remembered, and I will hold you accountable for

their blood.   21 But if you do warn the righteous

person not to sin and they do not sin, they will

surely live because they took warning, and you will

have saved yourself."

   22 The hand of the LORD was on me there, and he

said to me, "Get up and go out to the plain, and

there I will speak to you."   23 So I got up and went

out to the plain. And the glory of the LORD was

standing there, like the glory I had seen by the

Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

   24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to

my feet. He spoke to me and said: "Go, shut yourself

inside your house.   25 And you, son of man, they will

tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot

go out among the people.   26 I will make your tongue

stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be

silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a

rebellious people.   27 But when I speak to you, I will

open your mouth and you shall say to them, 'This is

what the Sovereign LORD says.' Whoever will listen let

them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse;

for they are a rebellious people.