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Ezekiel 3:9-17
New International Version
Ezekiel 3:9-17
New International Version
9 I will make your forehead(A) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(B) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(C)”
10 And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart(D) all the words I speak to you. 11 Go(E) now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’(F) whether they listen or fail to listen.(G)”
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up,(H) and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.[a] 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures(I) brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.(J) 14 The Spirit(K) then lifted me up(L) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(M) on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(N) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(O)—deeply distressed.
Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman
16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:(P) 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(Q) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(R)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 3:12 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text sound—may the glory of the Lord be praised from his place
Ezekiel 3:9-17
King James Version
Ezekiel 3:9-17
King James Version
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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 the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the spirit 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 noise 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 away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, 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 watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
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