Ezekiel 3
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat
that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of
Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to
eat that roll.
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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. Rev. 10.9, 10
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And he said unto me, Son of man, go,
get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto
them.
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For thou art not sent to a people
of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house
of Israel;
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not to many people of a strange speech
and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand.
Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto
thee.
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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 hard-hearted.
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Behold, I have made thy face strong
against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their
foreheads.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Then I came to them of the captivity at
Tel-a'bib, 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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A Watchman to
Israel |
Ezek. 33.1-9 |
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And it came to pass at the end of seven
days, that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Prophet Made
Dumb |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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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