| 3:1 | Moreover He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." |
| 3:2 | So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll. |
| 3:3 | And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you." So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. |
| 3:4 | Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. |
| 3:5 | "For you [are] not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, [but] to the house of Israel, |
| 3:6 | "not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. |
| 3:7 | "But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel [are] impudent and hardhearted. |
| 3:8 | "Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. |
| 3:9 | "Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [are] a rebellious house." |
| 3:10 | Moreover He said to me: "Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. |
| 3:11 | "And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, `Thus says the Lord GOD,' whether they hear, or whether they refuse." |
| 3:12 | Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed [is] the glory of the LORD from His place!" |
| 3:13 | [I] also [heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise. |
| 3:14 | 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 LORD was strong upon me. |
| 3:15 | Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. |
| 3:16 | Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| 3:17 | "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: |
| 3:18 | "When I say to the wicked, `You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. |
| 3:19 | "Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. |
| 3:20 | "Again, when a righteous [man] turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. |
| 3:21 | "Nevertheless if you warn the righteous [man] that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul." |
| 3:22 | Then the hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and there I shall talk with you." |
| 3:23 | So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. |
| 3:24 | Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. |
| 3:25 | "And you, O son of man, surely they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them. |
| 3:26 | "I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they [are] a rebellious house. |
| 3:27 | "But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they [are] a rebellious house. |
Ezekiel 3 - New King James Version
