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Ezekiel 3
The Message
Ezekiel 3
The Message
Warn These People
3 He told me, “Son of man, eat what you see. Eat this book. Then go and speak to the family of Israel.”
2-3 As I opened my mouth, he gave me the scroll to eat, saying, “Son of man, eat this book that I am giving you. Make a full meal of it!”
So I ate it. It tasted so good—just like honey.
4-6 Then he told me, “Son of man, go to the family of Israel and speak my Message. Look, I’m not sending you to a people who speak a hard-to-learn language with words you can hardly pronounce. If I had sent you to such people, their ears would have perked up and they would have listened immediately.
7-9 “But it won’t work that way with the family of Israel. They won’t listen to you because they won’t listen to me. They are, as I said, a hard case, hardened in their sin. But I’ll make you as hard in your way as they are in theirs. I’ll make your face as hard as rock, harder than granite. Don’t let them intimidate you. Don’t be afraid of them, even though they’re a bunch of rebels.”
10-11 Then he said, “Son of man, get all these words that I’m giving you inside you. Listen to them obediently. Make them your own. And now go. Go to the exiles, your people, and speak. Tell them, ‘This is the Message of God, the Master.’ Speak your piece, whether they listen or not.”
12-13 Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great commotion—“Blessed be the Glory of God in his Sanctuary!”—the wings of the living creatures beating against each other, the whirling wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake.
14-15 The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. I didn’t want to go. But God had me in his grip. I arrived among the exiles who lived near the Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled.
16 At the end of the seven days, I received this Message from God:
17-19 “Son of man, I’ve made you a watchman for the family of Israel. Whenever you hear me say something, warn them for me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You are going to die,’ and you don’t sound the alarm warning them that it’s a matter of life or death, they will die and it will be your fault. I’ll hold you responsible. But if you warn the wicked and they keep right on sinning anyway, they’ll most certainly die for their sin, but you won’t die. You’ll have saved your life.
20-21 “And if the righteous turn back from living righteously and take up with evil when I step in and put them in a hard place, they’ll die. If you haven’t warned them, they’ll die because of their sins, and none of the right things they’ve done will count for anything—and I’ll hold you responsible. But if you warn these righteous people not to sin and they listen to you, they’ll live because they took the warning—and again, you’ll have saved your life.”
22 God grabbed me by the shoulder and said, “Get up. Go out on the plain. I want to talk with you.”
23 So I got up and went out on the plain. I couldn’t believe my eyes: the Glory of God! Right there! It was like the Glory I had seen at the Kebar River. I fell to the ground, prostrate.
24-26 Then the Spirit entered me and put me on my feet. He said, “Go home and shut the door behind you.” And then something odd: “Son of man: They’ll tie you hand and foot with ropes so you can’t leave the house. I’ll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so you won’t be able to talk and tell the people what they’re doing wrong, even though they are a bunch of rebels.
27 “But then when the time is ripe, I’ll free your tongue and you’ll say, ‘This is what God, the Master, says: . . .’ From then on it’s up to them. They can listen or not listen, whichever they like. They are a bunch of rebels!”
Ezekiel 3
New International Version
Ezekiel 3
New International Version
3 And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
3 Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate(A) it, and it tasted as sweet as honey(B) in my mouth.
4 He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.(C) 5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(D) but to the people of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.(E) 7 But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(F) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(G) 8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(H) 9 I will make your forehead(I) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(J) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(K)”
10 And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart(L) all the words I speak to you. 11 Go(M) now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’(N) whether they listen or fail to listen.(O)”
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up,(P) and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.[a] 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures(Q) brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.(R) 14 The Spirit(S) then lifted me up(T) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(U) on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(V) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(W)—deeply distressed.
Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman
16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:(X) 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(Y) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(Z) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(AA)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[b] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(AB) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(AC) from their wickedness(AD) or from their evil ways, they will die(AE) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(AF)
20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(AG) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(AH) before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(AI) 21 But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.(AJ)”
22 The hand of the Lord(AK) was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up and go(AL) out to the plain,(AM) and there I will speak to you.” 23 So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,(AN) and I fell facedown.(AO)
24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me(AP) to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.(AQ) 25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.(AR) 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(AS) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(AT) 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(AU) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.(AV)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 3:12 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text sound—may the glory of the Lord be praised from his place
- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20
Ezequiel 3
La Biblia de las Américas
Ezequiel 3
La Biblia de las Américas
Comisión del profeta
3 Y él me dijo: Hijo de hombre, come lo que tienes delante[a]; come este rollo(A), y ve, habla a la casa de Israel. 2 Abrí, pues, mi boca(B), y me dio a comer el[b] rollo. 3 Entonces me dijo: Hijo de hombre, alimenta tu estómago y llena tu cuerpo[c](C) de este rollo que te doy. Y lo comí(D), y fue en mi boca dulce como la miel(E).
4 Me dijo además: Hijo de hombre, ve[d] a la casa de Israel y háblales con mis palabras. 5 Porque no eres enviado a un pueblo(F) de habla incomprensible y lengua difícil[e](G), sino a la casa de Israel; 6 tampoco a pueblos numerosos de habla incomprensible y lengua difícil[f] cuyas palabras no puedes entender. Sino que te he enviado a ellos; ellos te escucharán[g]. 7 Pero la casa de Israel no te querrá escuchar, ya que no quieren escucharme a mí(H). Ciertamente toda la casa de Israel es terca[h] y de duro corazón. 8 He aquí, he hecho tu rostro tan duro como sus rostros, y tu frente tan dura como sus frentes. 9 Como esmeril[i], más duro que el pedernal, he hecho tu frente. No les temas ni te atemorices ante ellos, porque son casa rebelde. 10 Además me dijo: Hijo de hombre, recibe en tu corazón todas mis palabras que yo te hablo(I), y escúchalas atentamente[j]. 11 Y ve[k] a los desterrados, a los hijos de tu pueblo; háblales y diles, escuchen o dejen de escuchar: «Así dice el Señor Dios[l]».
12 Entonces el Espíritu me levantó(J), y oí detrás de mí un gran ruido atronador(K): Bendita sea la gloria del Señor desde su lugar. 13 Oí el ruido de las alas de los seres vivientes que se tocaban una a la otra, y el ruido de las ruedas junto a ellos(L), un gran ruido atronador. 14 Y el Espíritu me levantó y me tomó; yo iba con amargura en la indignación de mi espíritu, y la mano del Señor era fuerte sobre mí(M). 15 Entonces vine a los desterrados de Tel-abib que habitaban junto al río Quebar, y allí donde ellos vivían, estuve sentado siete días(N), atónito, en medio de ellos.
16 (O)Y sucedió que al cabo de los siete días vino a mí la palabra del Señor(P), diciendo: 17 Hijo de hombre, te he puesto por centinela(Q) de la casa de Israel; cuando oigas la palabra de mi boca, adviérteles de mi parte(R). 18 Cuando yo diga al impío: «Ciertamente morirás», si no le adviertes, si no hablas para advertir al impío de su mal camino a fin de que viva, ese impío morirá por su iniquidad, pero yo demandaré su sangre de tu mano(S). 19 Pero si tú has advertido al impío, y este no se aparta de su impiedad ni de su camino impío, morirá él por su iniquidad, pero tú habrás librado tu vida(T). 20 Y cuando un justo se desvíe de su justicia y cometa iniquidad, yo pondré un obstáculo delante de él, y morirá; porque tú no le advertiste, él morirá por su pecado, y las obras de justicia que había hecho no serán recordadas(U), pero yo demandaré su sangre de tu mano(V). 21 Sin embargo, si tú has advertido al justo para que el justo no peque, y él no peca, ciertamente vivirá porque aceptó la advertencia(W), y tú habrás librado tu vida.
22 Allí vino sobre mí la mano del Señor, y Él me dijo: Levántate y ve a la llanura, y allí te hablaré(X). 23 Entonces me levanté y salí a la llanura; y he aquí, la gloria del Señor estaba parada allí, como la gloria que vi(Y) junto al río Quebar(Z), y caí rostro en tierra. 24 Y el Espíritu entró en mí, me hizo ponerme en pie y habló conmigo(AA), y me dijo: Ve, enciérrate en tu casa. 25 Y tú, hijo de hombre, mira, te echarán[m] cuerdas y con ellas te atarán(AB), para que no salgas en medio de ellos. 26 Y haré que tu lengua se te pegue al paladar y enmudecerás(AC), y no serás para ellos el hombre que reprenda, porque son una casa rebelde. 27 Pero cuando yo te hable, te abriré la boca(AD), y les dirás: «Así dice el Señor Dios[n]». El que oye, que oiga; el que rehúse oír, que rehúse; porque son una casa rebelde(AE).
Footnotes
- Ezequiel 3:1 Lit., lo que hallas
- Ezequiel 3:2 Lit., este
- Ezequiel 3:3 Lit., tus entrañas
- Ezequiel 3:4 Lit., ve, ven
- Ezequiel 3:5 Lit., profundidad de labio y pesadez de lengua
- Ezequiel 3:6 Lit., de profundidad de labio y pesadez de lengua
- Ezequiel 3:6 O, Si te hubiera enviado a ellos, ellos te escucharían
- Ezequiel 3:7 Lit., de frente obstinada
- Ezequiel 3:9 Lit., corindón
- Ezequiel 3:10 Lit., con tus oídos
- Ezequiel 3:11 Lit., ve, ven
- Ezequiel 3:11 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
- Ezequiel 3:25 Lit., pondrán sobre ti
- Ezequiel 3:27 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
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