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Ezekiel 3
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Chapter 3
I.
BEFORE THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM
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He said, ‘Son of man, eat what is given to you; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the House of Israel’.
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I opened my mouth; he gave me the scroll to eat
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and said, ‘Son of man, feed and be satisfied by the scroll I am giving you’. I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey.
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Then he said, ‘Son of man, go to the House of Israel and tell them what I have said.
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You are not being sent to a nation that speaks a difficult foreign language; you are being sent to the House of Israel.
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Not to big nations that speak difficult foreign languages, and whose words you would not understand – if I sent you to them, they would listen to you;
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but the House of Israel will not listen to you because it will not listen to me. The whole House of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.
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But now, I will make you as defiant as they are, and as obstinate as they are;
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I am going to make your resolution as hard as a diamond and diamond is harder than flint. So do not be afraid of them, do not be overawed by them for they are a set of rebels.’
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Then he said, ‘Son of man, remember everything I say to you, listen closely,
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and go to your exiled countrymen and talk to them. Tell them, “The Lord Yahweh says this”, whether they listen or not.’
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The spirit lifted me up, and behind me I could hear a tumultuous shouting, ‘Blessed be the glory of Yahweh in his dwelling place’.
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This was the sound of the animals’ wings beating against each other, and the sound of the wheels beside them; a tumultuous shouting.
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The spirit lifted me up and took me; my heart, as I went, overflowed with bitterness and anger, and the hand of Yahweh lay heavy on me.
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I came to Tel Abib, to the exiles beside the river Chebar where is they were then living; and I stayed with them for seven days like a man stunned.
The prophet as sentry
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After seven days the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
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‘Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from me, warn them in my Name.
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If I say to a wicked man: You are to die, and you do not warn him; if you do not speak and warn him to renounce his evil ways and so live, then he shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
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If, however, you do warn a wicked man and he does not renounce his wickedness and his evil ways, then he shall die for his sin, but you yourself will have saved your life.
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When the upright man renounces his integrity to do evil and I set a trap for him, he too shall die; since you failed to warn him, he shall die for his sin and the integrity he practised will no longer be remembered; but I will hold you responsible for his death.
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If, however, you warn the upright man not to sin and he abstains from sinning, he shall live, thanks to your warning, and you too will have saved your life.’
Ezekiel is struck dumb
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While I was there the hand of Yahweh came on me; he said, ‘Get up, go out into the valley; I am going to speak to you’.
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I got up and went out into the valley; the glory of Yahweh was resting there, like the glory I had seen by the river Chebar, and I prostrated myself.
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The spirit of Yahweh then entered me, and made me stand up, and spoke to me.
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He said, ‘Go and shut yourself in your house. ‘Son of man, bonds are now about to be laid on you; you will be bound with them and not be able to mix with others.
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I am going to make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth; you will be dumb; you will stop warning them, for they are a set of rebels.
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When I speak to you, I shall open your mouth and you will tell them, “The Lord Yahweh says this”. Whoever will listen, let him listen; whoever will not, let him not; for they are a set of rebels.
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