And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I (A)ate, and it was in my mouth (B)like honey in sweetness.

Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, (C)had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (D)because they will not listen to Me; (E)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted. Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. (F)Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; (G)do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead

11 And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, (A)‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”

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17 (A)“Son of man, I have made you (B)a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them (C)warning from Me: 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 (D)shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 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; (E)but you have delivered your soul.

20 “Again, when a (F)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. 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.”

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