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1Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; ⚓eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
2So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll.
3And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ⚓ate, and it was in my mouth ⚓like honey in sweetness.
4Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
5For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, ⚓had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
7But the house of Israel will not listen to you, ⚓because they will not listen to Me; ⚓for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.
8Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
9⚓Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; ⚓do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
10Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.
11And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, ⚓‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”
12Then ⚓the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the ⚓glory of the Lord from His place!”
13I also heard the ⚓noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.
14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but ⚓the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
15Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and ⚓I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel Is a Watchman
16Now it ⚓came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17⚓“Son of man, I have made you ⚓a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them ⚓warning from Me:
18When 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⚓shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
19Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; ⚓but you have delivered your soul.
20“Again, when a ⚓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.
21Nevertheless 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.”
22⚓Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out ⚓into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.”
23So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, ⚓the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I ⚓saw by the River Chebar; ⚓and I fell on my face.
24Then ⚓the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25And you, O son of man, surely ⚓they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.
26⚓I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and ⚓not be one to rebuke them, ⚓for they are a rebellious house.
27⚓But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ⚓‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
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1他對我說：「人子啊，要吃你所得到的，吃下這書卷；然後要去，對以色列家宣講。」
2於是我張開了口，他就使我吃這書卷。
3他對我說：「人子啊，要吃我所賜給你的這書卷，塞滿你的肚腹。」我就吃了，口中覺得其甜如蜜。
4他對我說：「人子啊，你要到以色列家那裏去，對他們傳講我的話。
5你奉差遣不是往那說話艱澀、言語難懂的民那裏，而是往以色列家去；
6你不是往那說話艱澀、言語難懂的許多民族那裏去，他們的話你不懂。然而，我若差你往他們那裏去，他們會聽從你。
7以色列家卻不肯聽從你，因為他們不肯聽從我；原來以色列全家是額頭堅硬、心裏剛愎的人。
8看哪，我使你的臉堅硬，對抗他們的臉；使你的額頭堅硬，對抗他們的額頭。
9我使你的額頭像金剛石，比火石更堅硬。他們雖是悖逆之家，但你不要怕他們，也不要因他們的臉色而驚惶。」
10他又對我說：「人子啊，我對你說的一切話，你心裏要領會，耳朵要聽。
11要到被擄的人，到你本國百姓那裏去，他們或聽，或不聽，你要對他們宣講，告訴他們這是主耶和華說的。」
12那時，靈將我舉起，我就聽見在我身後有極大震動的聲音：「耶和華的榮耀，從他所在之處，是應當稱頌的！」
13有活物的翅膀相碰的聲音，也有活物旁邊輪子的聲音，是極大震動的聲音。
14於是靈將我舉起，帶着我走。我就去了，十分苦惱，我的靈火熱；耶和華的手重重地按在我身上。
15我就來到提勒‧亞畢那些住在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人那裏，到他們住的地方⚓，在他們中間驚愕地坐了七日。
耶和華派以西結作守望者
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16過了七日，耶和華的話臨到我，說：
17「人子啊，我立你作以色列家的守望者，所以你要聽我口中的話，替我警戒他們。
18我何時指着惡人說：『他必要死』；你若不警戒他，也不勸告他，使他離開惡行，拯救他的性命，這惡人必死在罪孽之中；我卻要從你手裏討他的血債。
19倘若你警戒惡人，他仍不轉離罪惡，也不離開惡行，他必死在罪孽之中，你卻救了自己的命。
20但是義人若轉離他的義而作惡，我要把絆腳石放在他面前，他必死亡；因你沒有警戒他，他必死在罪中，他素來所行的義不被記念；我卻要從你手裏討他的血債。
21倘若你警戒義人，使他不犯罪，他就不犯罪；他因領受警戒就必存活，你也救了自己的命。」
以西結暫成啞巴
22在那裏耶和華的手按在我身上。他對我說：「起來，到平原去，我要在那裏和你說話。」
23於是我起來，到平原去，看哪，耶和華的榮耀停在那裏，正如我在迦巴魯河邊所見到的一樣，我就臉伏於地。
24靈進入我裏面，使我站起來。耶和華對我說：「你進屋裏去，把門關上。
25你，人子，看哪，人要用繩索捆綁你，使你不能出去到他們中間。
26我必使你的舌頭貼住上膛，以致你啞口，不能作責備他們的人；他們原是悖逆之家。
27但我對你說話的時候，必使你開口，你就要對他們說：『主耶和華如此說。』聽的，讓他聽；不聽的，任他不聽，因為他們是悖逆之家。」