Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

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Therefore prophesy(A) against them; prophesy, son of man.”

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Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

Set (A)the trumpet to your lips!
    One (B)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (C)they have transgressed my covenant
    and rebelled against my law.

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Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

“Put the trumpet(A) to your lips!
    An eagle(B) is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant(C)
    and rebelled against my law.(D)

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Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them (A)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.

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Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth(A)
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.[a](B)

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  1. Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

(A)“Son of man, (B)set your face toward (C)the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

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“Son of man, set your face against(A) the Ammonites(B) and prophesy against them.(C)

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(A)“Son of man, (B)set your face toward Jerusalem and (C)preach against the sanctuaries.[a] Prophesy against the land of Israel

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  1. Ezekiel 21:2 Some Hebrew manuscripts, compare Septuagint, Syriac against their sanctuary

“Son of man, set your face against(A) Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary.(B) Prophesy against(C) the land of Israel

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46 (A)“Son of man, (B)set your face toward the southland;[a] (C)preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb. 47 Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, (D)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every (E)green tree in you and every (F)dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and (G)all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:46 Or toward Teman

46 “Son of man, set your face toward(A) the south; preach against the south and prophesy against(B) the forest of the southland.(C) 47 Say to the southern forest:(D) ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume(E) all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north(F) will be scorched by it.(G)

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17 (A)“Son of man, (B)I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall (C)give them warning from me. 18 (D)If I say to the wicked, (E)‘You shall surely die,’ (F)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (G)shall die for[a] his iniquity, (H)but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 (I)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (J)but you (K)will have delivered your soul. 20 (L)Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, (M)and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. (N)Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, (O)and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, (P)but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

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  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20

17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(A) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(B) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(C)’ 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[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(D) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(E) from their wickedness(F) or from their evil ways, they will die(G) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(H)

20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(I) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(J) 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.(K) 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.(L)

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  1. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20

So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” (A)Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth (B)as sweet as honey.

And he said to me, (C)“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 foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel— not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. (D)Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. (E)But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel (F)have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. (G)Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. Like (H)emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. (I)Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.” 10 Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, (J)all my words that I shall speak to you receive (K)in your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go to the exiles, (L)to your people, and speak to them and say to them, (M)‘Thus says the Lord God,’ (N)whether they hear or refuse to hear.”

12 (O)Then the Spirit[a] lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice[b] of (P)a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!” 13 It was the sound of the wings of (Q)the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of (R)a great earthquake. 14 (S)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (T)hand of the Lord being strong upon me. 15 (U)And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling (V)by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling.[c] And (W)I sat there (X)overwhelmed among them (Y)seven days.

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  1. Ezekiel 3:12 Or the wind; also verse 14
  2. Ezekiel 3:12 Or sound
  3. Ezekiel 3:15 Or Chebar, and to where they dwelt

So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.

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.

He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.(C) You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(D) but to the people of Israel— 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) 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) But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(H) 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.

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  1. Ezekiel 3:12 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text sound—may the glory of the Lord be praised from his place

True and False Fasting

58 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
    (A)lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(B)declare to my people their transgression,
    to the house of Jacob their sins.

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True Fasting

58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
    Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
    and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)

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