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Ezekiel 3:1 (show verse)
After this said he unto me, "Thou son of man, eat that, whatsoever it be: Yea, eat that closed book, and go thy way, and speak unto the children of Israel."
Ezekiel 3:2 (show verse)
So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the book for to eat,
Ezekiel 3:3 (show verse)
and said unto me, "Thou son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with the book, that I give thee." Then did I eat the book and it was, in my mouth, sweeter than honey.
Ezekiel 3:4 (show verse)
And he said unto me, "Thou son of man, get thee soon unto the house of Israel, and show them the words that I command thee.
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Ezekiel 3:5 (show verse)
For I send thee not to a people that hath a strange, unknown, or hard speech, but unto the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 3:6 (show verse)
Not to many nations which have divers speeches and hard languages, whose words thou understandest not. Nevertheless, if I sent thee to those people, they would follow thee:
Ezekiel 3:7 (show verse)
But the house of Israel will not follow thee, for they will not follow me. Yea, all the house of Israel have stiff foreheads, and hard hearts.
Character » Of the wicked » Hard-hearted
Character of the wicked » Hard-hearted
Heart » The unregenerate » Is hard
character of the unrenewed Heart » Hard
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Ezekiel 3:8 (show verse)
Behold, therefore, I will make thy face prevail against their faces, and harden thy forehead against their foreheads;
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Ezekiel 3:9 (show verse)
so that thy forehead shall be harder than an Adamant or flint stone: that thou mayest fear them the less, and be less afraid of them, for they are a froward household."
Adamant » Flint
holy Boldness » Exhortations to
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Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Sent to those guilty of
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holy Boldness » Exhortations to
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Courage » Scriptures relating to
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
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Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
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Ezekiel 3:10 (show verse)
He said moreover unto me, "Thou son of man, take diligent heed with thine ears, to the words that I speak unto thee, fasten them in thine heart:
Ezekiel 3:11 (show verse)
and go to the prisoners of thy people. Speak unto them, and say on this manner, 'Thus the LORD God hath spoken: Whether ye hear, or hear not.'"
Ezekiel 3:12 (show verse)
With that, the spirit took me up. And I heard the noise of a great rushing and removing of the most blessed glory of the LORD out of his place.
Ezekiel 3:13 (show verse)
I heard also the noise of the wings of the beasts, that rushed one against another; yea, and the rattling of the wheels that were by them - which rushing and noise was very great.
Ezekiel 3:14 (show verse)
Now when the spirit took me up, and carried me away, I went with a heavy and sorrowful mind, but the hand of the LORD comforted me right soon.
Ezekiel 3:15 (show verse)
And so in the beginning of the Month Abib, I came to the prisoners that dwelt by the water of Chebar and remained in that place, where they were: And so continued I among them seven days, being very sorry.
Chebar » A river of mesopotamia
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Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
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Tel-abib » Residence of jewish captives in babylonia
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Tel-abib » Residence of jewish captives in babylonia
Ezekiel 3:16 (show verse)
And when the seven days were expired, the LORD said unto me,
Ezekiel 3:17 (show verse)
"Thou son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore take good heed to the words, and give them warning at my commandment.
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Inspiration » Examples of » Ezekiel
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Ministers » Work of preaching » Spiritual watchmen
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Prophets » The watchmen of israel
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Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchfulness » God especially requires in ministers
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Word » Speak the » It contains the message to be delivered
Worldly » Fulness » Spiritual watchmen
Inspiration » Examples of » Ezekiel
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Leaders » Preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Ministers » Work of preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Ministers » Should preach » With faithfulness
Prophets » Examples of » Ezekiel
Prophets » Were required » To be vigilant and faithful
Prophets » The watchmen of israel
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Reproof » Ministers are sent to give
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
Speak the word » The bible contains the message to be delivered
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
The bible » Purpose » It contains the message to be delivered
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Watchfulness » God especially requires in ministers
Watchmen » Spiritual
Watchmen » Illustrative » Of ministers
Word » Speak the » It contains the message to be delivered
Worldly » Fulness » Spiritual watchmen
Ezekiel 3:18 (show verse)
If I say unto thee, concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt he must die: and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest unto him, that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live - Then shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness, but his blood will I require of thine hand.
Christian ministers » Responsibility of
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Ministers » Should preach » With faithfulness
Prophets » Were required » To be vigilant and faithful
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Salvation » Ministers » Should exhort to
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Warnings » The duty of giving
Duty » Masters' » Of giving warning
Ministers » Should preach » With faithfulness
Prophets » Were required » To be vigilant and faithful
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Iniquity
Salvation » Ministers » Should exhort to
Warning » The reward for not warning others
Warnings » The duty of giving
Ezekiel 3:19 (show verse)
Nevertheless, if thou give warning unto the wicked: and he yet forsake not his ungodliness - Then shall he die in his own wickedness, but thou hast discharged thy soul.
Christian ministers » Responsibility of
Death of the The Wicked » Is in their sins
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » Responsibility according to
Prophets » Were required » To be vigilant and faithful
Salvation » Ministers » Should exhort to
Warning » The reward for warning others
Death of the The Wicked » Is in their sins
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » Responsibility according to
Prophets » Were required » To be vigilant and faithful
Salvation » Ministers » Should exhort to
Warning » The reward for warning others
Ezekiel 3:20 (show verse)
"Now if a righteous man go from his righteousness, and do the thing that is evil: I will lay a stumbling block before him, and he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning - Yea, die shall he in his own sin, so that the virtue which he did before shall not be thought upon, but his blood will I require of thine hand.
Ezekiel 3:21 (show verse)
Nevertheless, if thou exhortest the righteous, that he sin not, and so the righteous do not sin - then shall he live, because he hath received thy warning, and thou hast discharged thy soul."
Ezekiel 3:22 (show verse)
And there came the hand of the LORD upon me, and he said unto me, "Stand up and go into the field, that I may there talk with thee."
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Ezekiel 3:23 (show verse)
So when I had risen up, and gone forth into the field: Behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like as I saw it afore, by the waters of Chebar. Then fell I down upon my face,
Ezekiel 3:24 (show verse)
and the spirit came in to me, which set me up upon my feet, and said thus unto me, "Go thy way, and shut thyself in thine house.
Ezekiel 3:25 (show verse)
Behold, O thou son of man, there shall chains be brought for thee, to bind thee withal, so that thou shalt not escape out of them.
Ezekiel 3:26 (show verse)
And I will make thy tongue cleave so to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and not be as a chider with them: for it is an obstinate household.
Ezekiel 3:27 (show verse)
But when I speak unto thee, then open thy mouth, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: whoso heareth, let him hear; who so will not, let him leave.' For it is an obstinate household."