Ezekiel 3:4
He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
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Ezekiel 3:4
He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
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Ezekiel 3:1
He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 3:2
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
Ezekiel 3:3
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.
Revelation 10:9
I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
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Ezekiel 3:5
For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
Ezekiel 3:6
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.
Ezekiel 3:7
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.
Ezekiel 3:8
Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:9
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.”
Ezekiel 3:10
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.
Ezekiel 3:11
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.”
Ezekiel 3:12
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.”
Ezekiel 3:13
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.
Ezekiel 3:14
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.
Ezekiel 3:15
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.
Ezekiel 3:16
At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 3:17
“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.
Ezekiel 3:27
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.”
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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Ezekiel 2:3
He said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.
Ezekiel 2:5
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
Ezekiel 2:7
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.
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Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
James 3:1
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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