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| [1]MOREOVER he said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel. |
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| [2]So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that scroll. |
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| [3]And he said to me, Son of man, fill your belly with this scroll that I give you. Then I ate it and it was in my mouth sweet as honey. |
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| [4]And he said to me, Son of man, go to them of the captivity, to the children of Israel, and speak my words to them. |
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| [5]For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; |
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| [6]Nor to many peoples whose speech you do not understand. Surely, if I send you to them, they would listen to you. |
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| [7]But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not hearken to me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and stubborn of heart. |
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| [8]Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. |
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| [9]As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. |
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| [10]Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears. |
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| [11]And go and get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, Thus says the LORD God; perhaps they will listen, and tremble. |
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| [12]Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. |
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| [13]I heard also the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching one another and the sound of the wheels beside them and a noise of a great rushing. |
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| [14]So the spirit lifted me up, and carried me away, and I went in the strength of my spirit; and the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. |
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| [15]Then I came to the exiles at Tel-akib, who dwelt by the river Chebar, and I stayed there astonished among them seven days |
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| [16]And it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came upon me, saying. |
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| [17]Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the words of my mouth and give them warning from me. |
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| [18]When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; but you have not warned him, nor have you spoken to warn the sinner from his wicked way, to save his life; the same sinner shall die in his iniquity; and his blood will I require at your hand. |
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| [19]But if you warn the sinner, and he turn not from his sin nor from his evil way, he shall die in his sins; but you have delivered your soul. |
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| [20]Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, I will lay a stumbling block before him, and he shall die; because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sins and his righteousness which he had done shall not be remembered; and his blood will I require at your hand. |
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| [21]Nevertheless, if you warn the righteous man, that he may not sin, and he does not sin, the righteous man shall surely live, because he is warned; and you have delivered your soul |
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| [22]And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will talk to you there. |
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| [23]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 Chebar; and I fell on my face. |
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| [24]Then the spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me and said to me, Go, shut yourself in your house. |
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| [25]And you, O Son of man, behold, they shall put chains upon you, and shall bind you with them, that you cannot go out among them. |
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| [26]And I will make your tongue cleave to your palate, and you shall be dumb and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. |
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| [27]But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD God: He that hears, let him hear; and he that trembles, let him tremble; for they are a rebellious house |
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