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World English Bible

Ezekiel 3 (WEBP)

[1] He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
[2] So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
[3] He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
[4] He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
[5] For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
[6] not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
[7] But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
[8] Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
[9] I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
[10] Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.
[11] Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.”
[12] Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”
[13] I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the 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; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
[15] Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
[16] At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[17] “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
[18] When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
[19] Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”
[20] “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.
[21] Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”
[22] Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
[23] Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.
[24] Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
[25] But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.
[26] I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.
[27] But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

Ezekiel 3:7 Literally, have a hard forehead

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 3 (KJVS)

[1] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, 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 eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
[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 hearkened unto thee.
[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 hardhearted.
[8] Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
[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 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 watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
[18] When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
[19] Yet if thou warn 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.
[20] Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock 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 warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
[22] And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, 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 fell 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.
[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 dumb, 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 mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:6 Heb. deep of lip, and heavy language
Ezekiel 3:13 Heb. kissed
Ezekiel 3:14a Heb. bitter
Ezekiel 3:14b Heb. hot anger
Ezekiel 3:20 Heb. righteousnessess
Ezekiel 3:26 Heb. a man reproving

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 3 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () κατάφαγε () τὴν () κεφαλίδα () ταύτην () καὶ () πορεύθητι () καὶ () λάλησον () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ. ()
[2] Καὶ () διήνοιξα () τὸ () στόμα () μου, () καὶ () ἐψώμισέν () με () τὴν () κεφαλίδα. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () τὸ () στόμα () σου () φάγεται, () καὶ () ἡ () κοιλία () σου () πλησθήσεται () τῆς () κεφαλίδος () ταύτης () τῆς () δεδομένης () εἰς () σέ. () Καὶ () ἔφαγον () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () στόματί () μου () ὡς () μέλι () γλυκάζον.
[4] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () βάδιζε εἴσελθε () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () λάλησον () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () πρὸς () αὐτούς· ()
[5] διότι () οὐ () πρὸς () λαὸν () βαθύχειλον καὶ () βαρύγλωσσον σὺ () ἐξαποστέλλῃ () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ ()
[6] οὐδὲ () πρὸς () λαοὺς () πολλοὺς () ἀλλοφώνους ἢ () ἀλλογλώσσους οὐδὲ () στιβαροὺς τῇ () γλώσσῃ () ὄντας, () ὧν () οὐκ () ἀκούσῃ () τοὺς () λόγους () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () εἰ () πρὸς () τοιούτους () ἐξαπέστειλά () σε, () οὗτοι () ἂν () εἰσήκουσάν () σου. ()
[7] Ὁ () δὲ () οἶκος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () οὐ () μὴ () θελήσωσιν () εἰσακοῦσαί () σου, () διότι () οὐ () βούλονται () εἰσακούειν () μου· () ὅτι () πᾶς () ὁ () οἶκος () Ισραηλ () φιλόνεικοί () εἰσιν () καὶ () σκληροκάρδιοι.
[8] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () δέδωκα () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () δυνατὸν () κατέναντι () τῶν () προσώπων () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὸ () νεῖκός σου () κατισχύσω () κατέναντι () τοῦ () νείκους αὐτῶν, ()
[9] καὶ () ἔσται () διὰ () παντὸς () κραταιότερον () πέτρας· () μὴ () φοβηθῇς () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () μηδὲ () πτοηθῇς () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτῶν, () διότι () οἶκος () παραπικραίνων () ἐστίν. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους, () οὓς () λελάληκα () μετὰ () σοῦ, () λαβὲ () εἰς () τὴν () καρδίαν () σου () καὶ () τοῖς () ὠσίν () σου () ἄκουε ()
[11] καὶ () βάδιζε εἴσελθε () εἰς () τὴν () αἰχμαλωσίαν () πρὸς () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου () καὶ () λαλήσεις () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος, () ἐὰν () ἄρα () ἀκούσωσιν, () ἐὰν () ἄρα () ἐνδῶσιν.
[12] Καὶ () ἀνέλαβέν () με () πνεῦμα, () καὶ () ἤκουσα () κατόπισθέν μου () φωνὴν () σεισμοῦ () μεγάλου () Εὐλογημένη () ἡ () δόξα () κυρίου () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶδον () φωνὴν () πτερύγων () τῶν () ζῴων () πτερυσσομένων ἑτέρα () πρὸς () τὴν () ἑτέραν, () καὶ () φωνὴ () τῶν () τροχῶν () ἐχομένη () αὐτῶν () καὶ () φωνὴ () τοῦ () σεισμοῦ. ()
[14] Καὶ () τὸ () πνεῦμα () ἐξῆρέν () με () καὶ () ἀνέλαβέν () με, () καὶ () ἐπορεύθην () ἐν () ὁρμῇ () τοῦ () πνεύματός () μου, () καὶ () χεὶρ () κυρίου () ἐγένετο () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () κραταιά. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθον () εἰς () τὴν () αἰχμαλωσίαν () μετέωρος καὶ () περιῆλθον () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () τοῦ () Χοβαρ τοὺς () ὄντας () ἐκεῖ () καὶ () ἐκάθισα () ἐκεῖ () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () ἀναστρεφόμενος () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτῶν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () μετὰ () τὰς () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () λόγος () κυρίου () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[17] Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () σκοπὸν () δέδωκά () σε () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἀκούσῃ () ἐκ () στόματός () μου () λόγον () καὶ () διαπειλήσῃ αὐτοῖς () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[18] Ἐν () τῷ () λέγειν () με () τῷ () ἀνόμῳ () Θανάτῳ () θανατωθήσῃ, () καὶ () οὐ () διεστείλω () αὐτῷ () οὐδὲ () ἐλάλησας () τοῦ () διαστείλασθαι () τῷ () ἀνόμῳ () ἀποστρέψαι () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ὁδῶν () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ζῆσαι () αὐτόν, () ὁ () ἄνομος () ἐκεῖνος () τῇ () ἀδικίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () ἀποθανεῖται, () καὶ () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () χειρός () σου () ἐκζητήσω. ()
[19] Καὶ () σὺ () ἐὰν () διαστείλῃ () τῷ () ἀνόμῳ, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀποστρέψῃ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἀνομίας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () ὁ () ἄνομος () ἐκεῖνος () ἐν () τῇ () ἀδικίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () ἀποθανεῖται, () καὶ () σὺ () τὴν () ψυχήν () σου () ῥύσῃ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ἀποστρέφειν () δίκαιον () ἀπὸ () τῶν () δικαιοσυνῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ποιήσῃ () παράπτωμα () καὶ () δώσω () τὴν () βάσανον () εἰς () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ, () αὐτὸς () ἀποθανεῖται, () ὅτι () οὐ () διεστείλω () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἁμαρτίαις () αὐτοῦ () ἀποθανεῖται, () διότι () οὐ () μὴ () μνησθῶσιν () αἱ () δικαιοσύναι () αὐτοῦ, () ἃς () ἐποίησεν, () καὶ () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () τῆς () χειρός () σου () ἐκζητήσω. ()
[21] Σὺ () δὲ () ἐὰν () διαστείλῃ () τῷ () δικαίῳ () τοῦ () μὴ () ἁμαρτεῖν, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () μὴ () ἁμάρτῃ, () ὁ () δίκαιος () ζωῇ () ζήσεται, () ὅτι () διεστείλω () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () σὺ () τὴν () σεαυτοῦ () ψυχὴν () ῥύσῃ. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () χεὶρ () κυρίου, () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () ἔξελθε () εἰς () τὸ () πεδίον, καὶ () ἐκεῖ () λαληθήσεται () πρὸς () σέ. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἀνέστην () καὶ () ἐξῆλθον () εἰς () τὸ () πεδίον, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐκεῖ () δόξα () κυρίου () εἱστήκει () καθὼς () ἡ () ὅρασις () καὶ () καθὼς () ἡ () δόξα, () ἣν () εἶδον () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () τοῦ () Χοβαρ, καὶ () πίπτω () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπόν () μου. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () πνεῦμα () καὶ () ἔστησέν () με () ἐπὶ () πόδας () μου, () καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () πρός () με () καὶ () εἶπέν () μοι () Εἴσελθε () καὶ () ἐγκλείσθητι ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () οἴκου () σου. ()
[25] Καὶ () σύ, () υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () ἰδοὺ () δέδονται () ἐπὶ () σὲ () δεσμοί, () καὶ () δήσουσίν () σε () ἐν () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐξέλθῃς () ἐκ () μέσου () αὐτῶν. ()
[26] Καὶ () τὴν () γλῶσσάν () σου () συνδήσω, () καὶ () ἀποκωφωθήσῃ καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσῃ () αὐτοῖς () εἰς () ἄνδρα () ἐλέγχοντα, () διότι () οἶκος () παραπικραίνων () ἐστίν. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () λαλεῖν () με () πρὸς () σὲ () ἀνοίξω () τὸ () στόμα () σου, () καὶ () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ὁ () ἀκούων () ἀκουέτω, () καὶ () ὁ () ἀπειθῶν () ἀπειθείτω, () διότι () οἶκος () παραπικραίνων () ἐστίν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.