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Moreover he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], eat[H398] that thou findest[H4672]; eat[H398] this roll[H4039], and go[H3212]speak[H1696] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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So I opened[H6605] my mouth[H6310], and he caused me to eat[H398] that roll[H4039].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], cause thy belly[H990] to eat[H398], and fill[H4390] thy bowels[H4578] with this roll[H4039] that I give[H5414] thee. Then did I eat[H398] it; and it was in my mouth[H6310] as honey[H1706] for sweetness[H4966].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], go[H3212], get[H935] thee unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and speak[H1696] with my words[H1697] unto them.
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For thou art not sent[H7971] to a people[H5971] of a strange[H6012]speech[H8193] and of an hard[H3515]language[H3956], but to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478];
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Not to many[H7227]people[H5971] of a strange[H6012]speech[H8193] and of an hard[H3515]language[H3956], whose words[H1697] thou canst not understand[H8085]. Surely, had I sent[H7971] thee to them, they would have hearkened[H8085] unto thee.
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But the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]will[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto thee; for they will[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto me: for all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] are impudent[H2389] and hardhearted[H7186].
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Behold, I have made[H5414] thy face[H6440]strong[H2389]against[H5980] their faces[H6440], and thy forehead[H4696]strong[H2389]against[H5980] their foreheads[H4696].
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As an adamant[H8068]harder[H2389] than flint[H6864] have I made[H5414] thy forehead[H4696]: fear[H3372] them not, neither be dismayed[H2865] at their looks[H6440], though they be a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004].
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Moreover he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], all my words[H1697] that I shall speak[H1696] unto thee receive[H3947] in thine heart[H3824], and hear[H8085] with thine ears[H241].
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And go[H3212], get[H935] thee to them of the captivity[H1473], unto the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971], and speak[H1696] unto them, and tell[H559] them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; whether they will hear[H8085], or whether they will forbear[H2308].
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Then the spirit[H7307] took me up[H5375], and I heard[H8085]behind[H310] me a voice[H6963] of a great[H1419]rushing[H7494], saying, Blessed[H1288] be the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068] from his place[H4725].
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I heard also the noise[H6963] of the wings[H3671] of the living creatures[H2416] that touched[H5401]one[H802]another[H269], and the noise[H6963] of the wheels[H212] over against[H5980] them, and a noise[H6963] of a great[H1419]rushing[H7494].
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So the spirit[H7307] lifted me up[H5375], and took me away[H3947], and I went[H3212] in bitterness[H4751], in the heat[H2534] of my spirit[H7307]; but the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was strong[H2388] upon me.
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Then I came[H935] to them of the captivity[H1473] at Telabib[H8512], that dwelt[H3427] by the river[H5104] of Chebar[H3529], and I sat[H3427] where they sat[H3427], and remained[H3427] there astonished[H8074]among[H8432] them seven[H7651]days[H3117].
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And it came to pass at the end[H7097] of seven[H7651]days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
17Son[H1121] of man[H120], I have made[H5414] thee a watchman[H6822] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: therefore hear[H8085] the word[H1697] at my mouth[H6310], and give them warning[H2094] from me.
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When I say[H559] unto the wicked[H7563], Thou shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191]; and thou givest him not warning[H2094], nor speakest[H1696] to warn[H2094] the wicked[H7563] from his wicked[H7563]way[H1870], to save his life[H2421]; the same wicked[H7563] man shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771]; but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1245] at thine hand[H3027].
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Yet if thou warn[H2094] the wicked[H7563], and he turn[H7725] not from his wickedness[H7562], nor from his wicked[H7563]way[H1870], he shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771]; but thou hast delivered[H5337] thy soul[H5315].
20Again[H7725], When a righteous[H6662] man doth turn[H7725] from his righteousness[H6664], and commit[H6213]iniquity[H5766], and I lay[H5414] a stumblingblock[H4383]before[H6440] him, he shall die[H4191]: because thou hast not given him warning[H2094], he shall die[H4191] in his sin[H2403], and his righteousness[H6666] which he hath done[H6213] shall not be remembered[H2142]; but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1245] at thine hand[H3027].
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Nevertheless if thou warn[H2094] the righteous[H6662] man, that the righteous[H6662]sin[H2398] not, and he doth not sin[H2398], he shall surely[H2421]live[H2421], because he is warned[H2094]; also thou hast delivered[H5337] thy soul[H5315].
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And the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was there upon me; and he said[H559] unto me, Arise[H6965], go forth[H3318] into the plain[H1237], and I will there talk[H1696] with thee.
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Then I arose[H6965], and went forth[H3318] into the plain[H1237]: and, behold, the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]stood[H5975] there, as the glory[H3519] which I saw[H7200] by the river[H5104] of Chebar[H3529]: and I fell[H5307] on my face[H6440].
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Then the spirit[H7307]entered[H935] into me, and set[H5975] me upon my feet[H7272], and spake[H1696] with me, and said[H559] unto me, Go[H935], shut[H5462] thyself within[H8432] thine house[H1004].
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But thou, O son[H1121] of man[H120], behold, they shall put[H5414]bands[H5688] upon thee, and shall bind[H631] thee with them, and thou shalt not go out[H3318]among[H8432] them:
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And I will make thy tongue[H3956]cleave[H1692] to the roof of thy mouth[H2441], that thou shalt be dumb[H481], and shalt not be to them a reprover[H376]: for they are a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004].
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But when I speak[H1696]with[H854] thee, I will open[H6605] thy mouth[H6310], and thou shalt say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; He that heareth[H8085], let him hear[H8085]; and he that forbeareth[H2310], let him forbear[H2308]: for they are a rebellious[H4805]house[H1004].