Read Ezekiel 3

World English Bible · 27 verses

1. ¹ He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ I heard 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org