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Ezekiel 3:1 (show verse)
He said to me: “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 3:2 (show verse)
So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.
Ezekiel 3:3 (show verse)
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Ezekiel 3:4 (show verse)
Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
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Ezekiel 3:5 (show verse)
For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 3:6 (show verse)
You are not being sent to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
Ezekiel 3:7 (show verse)
But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.
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)
Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
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Ezekiel 3:9 (show verse)
I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them or discouraged by the look on their faces, even though they are a rebellious house.”
Adamant » Flint
holy Boldness » Exhortations to
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Courage » Scriptures relating to
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Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Sent to those guilty of
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Responsibility » According to privileges » Of ministers, etc
holy Boldness » Exhortations to
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
Courage » Scriptures relating to
Leaders » Responsibility of » Select reading
Ministers » Remuneration of » Responsibility of
Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
Rebellion against God » Ministers » Sent to those guilty of
Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
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Ezekiel 3:10 (show verse)
Next He said to me: “Son of man, listen carefully to all My words that I speak to you and take them to heart.
Ezekiel 3:11 (show verse)
Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
Ezekiel 3:12 (show verse)
The Spirit then lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me—praise the glory of the Lord in His place!—
Ezekiel 3:13 (show verse)
with the sound of the living creatures’ wings brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
Ezekiel 3:14 (show verse)
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.
Ezekiel 3:15 (show verse)
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.
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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Seven » Days » Ezekiel sits by the chebar river in astonishment for
Tel-abib » Residence of jewish captives in babylonia
Ezekiel 3:16 (show verse)
Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 3:17 (show verse)
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
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Inspiration » Examples of » Ezekiel
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Leaders » Preaching » Spiritual watchmen
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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
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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
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 to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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)
But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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 person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
Ezekiel 3:21 (show verse)
But if you warn the righteous person that he should not sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he listened to your warning, and you will have saved your life.”
Ezekiel 3:22 (show verse)
Then the hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and I will speak with you there.”
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Ezekiel 3:23 (show verse)
So I got up and went out to the plain. The Lord’s glory was present there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal, and I fell facedown.
Ezekiel 3:24 (show verse)
The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
Ezekiel 3:25 (show verse)
And you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so you cannot go out among them.
Ezekiel 3:26 (show verse)
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 3:27 (show verse)
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse—for they are a rebellious house.