{"book":"Ezekiel","slug":"ezekiel","ch":3,"genre":"prose","sub":"Ezekiel","prev":"ezekiel/2","next":"ezekiel/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"“ Son of man,” He said to me,“ eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”","f":[],"h":"Ezekiel Eats the Scroll","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"“ Son of man,” He said to me,“ eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ Son of man,” He said to me,“ eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Then He said to me,“ Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel —","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"“ Son of man,” He added,“ listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me:“ Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”","f":["Or the wind; also in verse 14","Or sound behind me as the glory of the LORD rose from its place!"],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"[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.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"h":"A Watchman for Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"“ 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.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"If I say to the wicked man,‘ You will surely die,’ 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, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.","f":["Or for his iniquity; also in verse 19"],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"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, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.","f":["Or for his sin"],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me,“ Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said,“ Go, shut yourself inside your house.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among [the people].","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.[’’]","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}