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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他对我说：“人子啊，要吃你所得到的，吃下这书卷；然后要去，对以色列家宣讲。”
2于是我张开了口，他就使我吃这书卷。
3他对我说：“人子啊，要吃我所赐给你的这书卷，塞满你的肚腹。”我就吃了，口中觉得其甜如蜜。
4他对我说：“人子啊，你要到以色列家那里去，对他们传讲我的话。
5你奉差遣不是往那说话艰涩、言语难懂的民那里，而是往以色列家去；
6你不是往那说话艰涩、言语难懂的许多民族那里去，他们的话你不懂。然而，我若差你往他们那里去，他们会听从你。
7以色列家却不肯听从你，因为他们不肯听从我；原来以色列全家是额头坚硬、心里刚愎的人。
8看哪，我使你的脸坚硬，对抗他们的脸；使你的额头坚硬，对抗他们的额头。
9我使你的额头像金刚石，比火石更坚硬。他们虽是悖逆之家，但你不要怕他们，也不要因他们的脸色而惊惶。”
10他又对我说：“人子啊，我对你说的一切话，你心里要领会，耳朵要听。
11要到被掳的人，到你本国百姓那里去，他们或听，或不听，你要对他们宣讲，告诉他们这是主耶和华说的。”
12那时，灵将我举起，我就听见在我身后有极大震动的声音：“耶和华的荣耀，从他所在之处，是应当称颂的！”
13有活物的翅膀相碰的声音，也有活物旁边轮子的声音，是极大震动的声音。
14于是灵将我举起，带着我走。我就去了，十分苦恼，我的灵火热；耶和华的手重重地按在我身上。
15我就来到提勒．亚毕那些住在迦巴鲁河边被掳的人那里，到他们住的地方⚓，在他们中间惊愕地坐了七日。
耶和华派以西结作守望者
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16过了七日，耶和华的话临到我，说：
17“人子啊，我立你作以色列家的守望者，所以你要听我口中的话，替我警戒他们。
18我何时指着恶人说：‘他必要死’；你若不警戒他，也不劝告他，使他离开恶行，拯救他的性命，这恶人必死在罪孽之中；我却要从你手里讨他的血债。
19倘若你警戒恶人，他仍不转离罪恶，也不离开恶行，他必死在罪孽之中，你却救了自己的命。
20但是义人若转离他的义而作恶，我要把绊脚石放在他面前，他必死亡；因你没有警戒他，他必死在罪中，他素来所行的义不被记念；我却要从你手里讨他的血债。
21倘若你警戒义人，使他不犯罪，他就不犯罪；他因领受警戒就必存活，你也救了自己的命。”
以西结暂成哑巴
22在那里耶和华的手按在我身上。他对我说：“起来，到平原去，我要在那里和你说话。”
23于是我起来，到平原去，看哪，耶和华的荣耀停在那里，正如我在迦巴鲁河边所见到的一样，我就脸伏于地。
24灵进入我里面，使我站起来。耶和华对我说：“你进屋里去，把门关上。
25你，人子，看哪，人要用绳索捆绑你，使你不能出去到他们中间。
26我必使你的舌头贴住上膛，以致你哑口，不能作责备他们的人；他们原是悖逆之家。
27但我对你说话的时候，必使你开口，你就要对他们说：‘主耶和华如此说。’听的，让他听；不听的，任他不听，因为他们是悖逆之家。”