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Text -- Ezekiel 3:1-17 (NET)
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3:1 He said to me, “Son of man , eat what you see in front of you– eat this scroll – and then go and speak to the house of Israel .”
3:2 So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll .
3:3 He said to me, “Son of man , feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth .
3:4 He said to me, “Son of man , go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
3:5 For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language , but to the house of Israel –
3:6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language , whose words you cannot understand – surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted .
3:8 “I have made your face adamant to match their faces , and your forehead hard to match their foreheads .
3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond ! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house .”
3:10 And he said to me, “Son of man , take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully .
3:11 Go to the exiles , to your fellow countrymen , and speak to them– say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says ,’ whether they pay attention or not .”
Ezekiel Before the Exiles
3:12 Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place ,
3:13 and the sound of the living beings’ wings brushing against each other , and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound .
3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away . I went bitterly , my spirit full of fury , and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.
3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib , who lived by the Kebar River . I sat dumbfounded among them there , where they were living , for seven days .
3:16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:
3:17 “Son of man , I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel . Whenever you hear a word from my mouth , you must give them a warning from me.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Impenitence |
Minister |
Book |
Prophets |
Adamant |
Forehead |
Flint |
HARD; HARDINESS; HARDDINESS; HARDLY |
Roll |
Chebar |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 1 |
Word of God |
Tel-abib |
REVELATION, 3-4 |
Tekoa, Tekoah |
Eating |
Heart |
God |
Courage |
Praise |
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