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And he said unto me, Son of man , eat that which thou findest; eat this roll , and go , speak unto the house of Israel .
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So I opened my mouth , and he caused me to eat the roll .
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And he said unto me, Son of man , cause thy belly to eat , and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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And he said unto me, Son of man , go , get thee unto the house of Israel , and speak with my words unto them.
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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language , but to the house of Israel ;
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not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language , whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.
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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart .
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Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces , and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
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As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house .
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man , all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears.
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And go , get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah ; whether they will hear , or whether they will forbear.
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Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place .
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And [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.
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So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
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Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt ; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days .
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days , that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man , I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth , and give them warning from me.
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When I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way , to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand .
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Yet if thou warn the wicked , and he turn not from his wickedness , nor from his wicked way , he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul .
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Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness , and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die : because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin , and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at thy hand .
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Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul .
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And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise , go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
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Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face .
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Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet ; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go , shut thyself within thy house .
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But thou, son of man , behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
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and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house .
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But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth , and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : He that heareth , let him hear ; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house .