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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 3 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Ezekiel 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/2.htm" title="Ezekiel 2">◄</a> Ezekiel 3 <a href="../ezekiel/4.htm" title="Ezekiel 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/ezekiel/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Ezekiel’s Commission</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find [in this book]; eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.” <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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>not to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you <i>and</i> pay attention to My message; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you <i>and</i> obey you, since they are not willing to listen to Me <i>and</i> obey Me, for the entire house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have made your forehead like emery (diamond), harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and hear with your ears (listen closely). <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go to the [Jewish] exiles [in Babylon], to the children of your people, and speak to them, whether they listen or not, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rushing sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His place [above the expanse].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And then I <i>heard</i> the sound of the wings of the living beings as they touched one another and [I heard] the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rushing sound. <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 embittered [by the sins of Israel] in the rage of my spirit; and the hand of the LORD was strong on me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the River Chebar at Tel Abib. I sat there for seven days [in the place] where they were living, overwhelmed with astonishment [by my vision and the work before me]. <p class="paragraph"><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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to tell him to turn from his wicked way to save his life, that same evil man will die in his sin, but you will be responsible for his blood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>However, if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die in his sin; but you have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>freed yourself [from responsibility]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness (right standing with God) and sins, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but you will be responsible for his blood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>However, if you have warned the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning; also you have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>freed yourself [from responsibility].” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out to the plain, and I will speak to you.” <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 <i>and</i> brilliance of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell face downward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the Spirit entered me and made me stand on my feet; He spoke and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk and you cannot be a man who rebukes the people, for they are a rebellious house. <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 will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses [to hear], let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>delivered</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>delivered</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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