Eze 3 | ABEn | STEP | And he said to me, O son of man, eat what ever you should find! Eat this roll, and go and speak to the sons of Israel!

Ezekiel 3

CHAPTER 3 Ezekiel Eats the Roll

1 And he said to me, O son of man, eat what ever you should find! Eat this roll, and go and speak to the sons of Israel! 2 And he opened wide my mouth, and fed me this roll. 3 And he said to me, O son of man, your mouth shall eat, and your belly shall be filled of this roll, of the one being given to you. And I ate it, and it became in my mouth as [²honey ¹sweet]. 4 And he said to me, O son of man, proceed and enter to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them! 5 For not as to a people of thick lips and speaking an unknown language are you sent to the house of Israel; 6 nor to [²peoples ¹many] of foreign languages, or foreign tongues, nor [²dense ³in tongue ¹being], whose [²you hear not ¹words]. But if to such I sent you, these would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel in no way shall want to listen to you; for they do not consent to listen to me. For all the house of Israel is contentious and hard-hearted. 8 And behold, I have imputed your face mighty against their faces; and your victory shall prevail against their victory. 9 And it shall be always more strong than a rock. You should not fear from them, nor should you be terrified before their face; for [³house ²a rebellious ¹it is]. 10 And he said to me, O son of man, all the words which I have spoken with you, take into your heart, and [²with ³your ears ¹hearken]! 11 And proceed, enter unto the captivity, to the sons of your people! And you shall speak to them, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the lord; Surely they shall hear, surely they shall give way. 12 And [²took me up ¹spirit], and I heard from behind me a sound [²quake ¹of a great], saying, Blessed be the glory of the lord from out of his place. 13 And I heard a sound of the wings of the living creatures flapping one to the other; and the sound of the wheels next to them, and the sound of the [²quake ¹great]. 14 And the spirit lifted me away, and took me; and I went elevated by impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the lord came [²upon ³me ¹fortified]. 15 And I entered to the captivity elevated; and I went around the ones dwelling by the river Chebar, the ones being there; and I stayed there seven days, behaving in the midst of them.

Ezekiel Appointed As Watchman

16 And it came to pass after the seven days, and [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 17 O son of man, [³watchman ¹I have appointed ²you] to the house of Israel, and you shall hear [²from out of ³my mouth ¹the word]; and you shall threaten them by me. 18 In my saying to the lawless one, To death you shall be put to death; and you do not give orders to him, nor spoke to give orders to the lawless one, to turn from [³ways ¹his ²unjust], so that he should live; that lawless one [²in his iniquity ¹shall die], and his blood [²from out of ³your hand ¹I shall require]. 19 And if you should give orders to the lawless one, and he should not turn from his lawlessness, nor [³way ¹his ²unjust]; that lawless one [²in ³his iniquity ¹shall die], and you [²your soul ¹shall rescue]. 20 And in the turning of a just man from his righteousness, and he should commit a transgression, and I give torment to his face, and he dies, but you did not give orders to him; then in his sins he dies, for in no way [²be remembered ¹shall his righteousness] which he did, and his blood [²from out of ³your hand ¹I shall require]. 21 [³you ¹But ²if] give orders to the just man to not sin, and he should not sin, the just man [²to life ¹shall live], for you warned him, and you [²your own ³soul ¹shall have rescued]. 22 And [³came to pass ⁴there ⁵upon ⁶me ¹the hand ²of the lord]. And he said to me, Rise up, and go forth into the plain! and there it shall be spoken to you. 23 And I rose up and went forth to the plain. And behold, there the glory of the lord stood as the glory which I beheld by the river Chebar. And I fell upon my face. 24 And [²came ³upon ⁴me ¹spirit], and stood me upon my feet, and spoke to me, and said to me, Enter and be locked up in the midst of your house!

Bonds Appointed to Ezekiel

25 And you, O son of man, behold, [²were appointed ³for ⁴you ¹bonds], and they shall tie you with them, and in no way shall you come forth from the midst of them. 26 And [²your tongue ¹I shall tie] to your throat, and you shall become mute, and you will not be to them for a man reproving; for [³house ²a rebellious ¹it is]. 27 And in my speaking to you, I shall open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord the lord; The one hearing, let him hear! and the one resisting persuasion, let him resist persuasion! for [³house ²a rebellious ¹it is]!