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Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.&#8221; <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>&#8220;Son of man,&#8221; He said to me, &#8220;eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.&#8221; <p class="reg"> So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel&#8212; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.&#8221; <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>&#8220;Son of man,&#8221; He added, &#8220;listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, &#8216;This is what the Lord GOD says,&#8217; whether they listen or refuse to listen.&#8221; <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the Spirit<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: &#8216;Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!&#8217;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the Spirit 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 upon me. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">A Watchman for Israel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>&#8220;Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If I say to the wicked man, &#8216;You will surely die,&#8217; but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and I will hold you responsible for his blood. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.&#8221; <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, &#8220;Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.&#8221; <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, &#8220;Go, shut yourself inside your house. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, &#8216;This is what the Lord GOD says.&#8217; Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>the wind</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>; also in verse 14<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>sound behind me as the glory of the LORD rose from its place!</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>for his iniquity</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>; also in verse 19<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>for his sin</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> &copy; 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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