Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 003
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And He said unto me: 'Son of man, eat that which 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
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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
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And He said unto me: 'Son of man, go, get thee unto the
house of Israel, and speak with My words unto them
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For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible
speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel
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not to many peoples of an unintelligible speech and of a
slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to
them, they would hearken unto thee
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But the house of Israel will not consent to hearken unto
thee; for they consent not to hearken unto Me; for all the house of Israel are
of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart
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Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and
thy forehead hard 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, for they are a rebellious
house.
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Moreover He said unto me: 'Son of man, all My words that I
shall speak unto thee receive in thy 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 L-rd
GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
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Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the
voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of HaShem from His place'
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also the noise of the wings of the living creatures as
they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the
noise of a great rushing
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So a spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in
bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of HaShem was strong upon me
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Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that
dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I remained there
appalled among them seven days
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the
word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; and when thou shalt hear a word at My mouth, thou shalt give
them warning from Me
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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 thy 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, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he
shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and
his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood
will I require at thy hand
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Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the
righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took
warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.
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And the hand of HaShem came there upon me; and He said
unto me: 'Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there speak with thee.
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Then I arose, and went forth into the plain; and, behold,
the glory of HaShem stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar;
and I fell on my face
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Then spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and
He spoke with me, and said unto me: 'Go, shut thyself within thy house
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But thou, son of man, behold, bands shall be put upon
thee, and thou shalt be bound with them, and thou shalt not go out among them
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and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy
mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they
are a rebellious house
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But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and
thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the L-rd GOD; he that heareth, let him
hear, and he that forbeareth, let him forbear; for they are a rebellious house
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