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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 3
Ezekiel made a watchman unto the house of Israel—Their blood is
required at his hand unless he raises the warning voice.
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1 MOREOVER he said unto
me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this aroll, and
go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3 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 aeat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness.
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4 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of
an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent
thee to them, they would have ahearkened unto thee.
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7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto
thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel
are impudent and ahardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9 As an aadamant harder than
flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their
looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity,
unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus
saith athe Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether
they will forbear.
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12 Then the aspirit took me
up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed
be the glory of the LORD from his place.
13 I heard also the
anoise of the wings of the living creatures that touched
one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a
great rushing.
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took
me awaya, and I went in bitterness,
in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
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14a So the spirit lifted me up, and took
me away Being 'teleported' is today a matter of science fiction
in relationship to the powers of man. Yet there is a real power which is held
by God to so transport a person by the power of the spirit of God as was
Ezekiel here. Ezekiel was actually moved from where he was to Telabib where
he stayed for seven days until the power of the spirit of God returned him.
Christ was so transported as recorded in the scriptures when he was taken by
the spirit and set upon the temple and viewed the nations of the earth. Such
was not fiction as the life of the Savior also accounts other such happenings
of movement by the power of the spirit.
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15 ¶ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a
awatchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word
at my mouth, and give them bwarning from me.
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18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt
surely adie; and thou givest him not
bwarning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked
way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall
cdie in his diniquity; but his blood will
I erequire at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou awarn 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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20 Again, When a
arighteous man doth bturn from his
crighteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a
dstumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast
not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which
he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous
man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely
live, because he is awarned; also thou hast delivered thy
soul.
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22 ¶ And the hand of the LORD was there
upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the
aplain, and I will there talk with thee.
23 Then I arose, and went forth into the
plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I
saw by the river of Chebar: and I afell on my face.
24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
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25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the
roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be adumb, and shalt not
be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy
amouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus
bsaith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he
that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
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