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And when I looked, behold, an hand
was
sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book
was
therein;
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And he spread it before me; and it
was
written within and without: and
there was
written therein
lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
CHAPTER 3
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the
house of Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3
And he said unto me,
Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat
it;
and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my
words unto them.
5
For thou
art
not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language,
but
to the house of Israel;
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Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose
words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto
thee.
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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all
the house of Israel
are
impudent and hardhearted.
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Behold, I have made thy face strong against
their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
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As an adamant harder than flint have
I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they
be
a rebellious
house.
10
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive
in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
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And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children
of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will
hear, or whether they will forbear.
12
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of
a great rushing,
saying,
Blessed
be
the glory of the L
ORD
from his place.
13
I heard
also the noise
of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over
against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
14
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I
went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the L
ORD
was strong upon me.
15
Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat
where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16
And it came to pass at
the end of seven days, that the word of the L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
17
Son of man, I have made
thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them
warning from me.
18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked
man
shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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Yet if thou warn the
wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity;
but thou hast delivered thy soul.
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Again, When a righteous
man
doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not
given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be
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