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1. Then the Lord said to me, "Human, eat what you ind; eat this scroll. Then go and speak to the people of Israel."
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1. Moreover he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , eat H398 H853 that H834 thou findest H4672 ; eat H398 this H2063 H853 roll H4039 , and go H1980 speak H1696 unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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2. So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
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2. So I opened H6605 H853 my mouth H6310 , and he caused me to eat H398 H853 that H2063 roll H4039 .
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3. He said to me, "Human, eat this scroll which I am giving you, and fill your stomach with it." Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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3. And he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , cause thy belly H990 to eat H398 , and fill H4390 thy bowels H4578 with H854 this H2063 roll H4039 that H834 I H589 give H5414 H413 thee . Then did I eat H398 it ; and it was H1961 in my mouth H6310 as honey H1706 for sweetness H4966 .
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4. Then he said to me, "Human, go to the people of Israel, and speak my words to them.
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4. And he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , go H1980 , get H935 thee unto H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and speak H1696 with my words H1697 unto H413 them.
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5. You are not being sent to people whose speech you can't understand, whose language is difficult. You are being sent to Israel.
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5. For H3588 thou H859 art not H3808 sent H7971 to H413 a people H5971 of a strange H6012 speech H8193 and of a hard H3515 language H3956 , but to H413 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ;
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6. You are not being sent to many nations whose speech you can't understand, whose language is difficult, whose words you cannot understand. If I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
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6. Not H3808 to H413 many H7227 people H5971 of a strange H6012 speech H8193 and of a hard H3515 language H3956 , whose H834 words H1697 thou canst not H3808 understand H8085 . Surely H518 H3808 , had I sent H7971 thee to H413 them, they H1992 would have hearkened H8085 unto H413 thee.
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7. But the people of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me. Yes, all the people of Israel are stubborn and will not obey.
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7. But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 unto H413 thee; for H3588 they will H14 not H369 hearken H8085 unto H413 me: for H3588 all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are impudent H2389 H4696 and hardhearted H7186 H3820 .
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8. See, I now make you as stubborn and as hard as they are.
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8. Behold H2009 , I have made H5414 H853 thy face H6440 strong H2389 against H5980 their faces H6440 , and H853 thy forehead H4696 strong H2389 against H5980 their foreheads H4696 .
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9. I am making you as hard as a diamond, harder than stone. Don't be afraid of them or be frightened by them, though they are a people who turn against me."
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9. As an adamant H8068 harder H2389 than flint H4480 H6864 have I made H5414 thy forehead H4696 : fear H3372 them not H3808 , neither H3808 be dismayed H2865 at their looks H4480 H6440 , though H3588 they H1992 be a rebellious H4805 house H1004 .
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10. Also, he said to me, "Human, believe all the words I will speak to you, and listen carefully to them.
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10. Moreover he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , H853 all H3605 my words H1697 that H834 I shall speak H1696 unto H413 thee receive H3947 in thine heart H3824 , and hear H8085 with thine ears H241 .
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11. Then go to the captives, your own people, and say to them, 'The Lord God says this.' Tell them this whether they listen or not."
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11. And go H1980 , get H935 thee to H413 them of the captivity H1473 , unto H413 the children H1121 of thy people H5971 , and speak H1696 unto H413 them , and tell H559 H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; whether H518 they will hear H8085 , or whether H518 they will forbear H2308 .
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12. Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me, saying, "Praise the glory of the Lord in heaven."
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12. 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 H4480 H4725 .
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13. I heard the wings of the living creatures touching each other and the sound of the wheels by them. It was a loud rumbling sound.
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13. 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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14. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I was unhappy and angry, and I felt the great power of the Lord.
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14. So the spirit H7307 lifted me up H5375 , and took me away H3947 , and I went H1980 in bitterness H4751 , in the heat H2534 of my spirit H7307 ; but the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was strong H2389 upon H5921 me.
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15. I came to the captives from Judah, who lived by the Kebar River at Tel Abib. I sat there seven days where these people lived, feeling shocked.
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15. Then I came H935 to H413 them of the captivity H1473 at Tel H8512 -abib , that dwelt H3427 by H413 the river H5104 of Chebar H3529 , and I sat H3427 where H8033 they H1992 sat H3427 , and remained H3427 there H8033 astonished H8074 among H8432 them seven H7651 days H3117 .
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16. After seven days the Lord spoke his word to me again. He said,
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16. And it came to pass H1961 at the end H4480 H7097 of seven H7651 days H3117 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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17. "Human, I now make you a watchman for Israel. Any time you hear a word from my mouth, warn them for me.
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17. Son 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 H4480 H6310 , and give them warning H2094 H853 from H4480 me.
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18. When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' you must warn them so they may live. If you don't speak out to warn the wicked to stop their evil ways, they will die in their sin. But I will hold you responsible for their death.
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18. When I say H559 unto the wicked H7563 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 ; and thou givest him not warning H2094 H3808 , nor H3808 speakest H1696 to warn H2094 the wicked H7563 from his wicked H7563 way H4480 H1870 , to save his life H2421 ; the same H1931 wicked H7563 man shall die H4191 in his iniquity H5771 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1245 at thine hand H4480 H3027 .
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19. If you warn the wicked and they do not turn from their wickedness or their evil ways, they will die because of their sin. But you will have saved your life.
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19. Yet if H3588 thou H859 warn H2094 the wicked H7563 , and he turn H7725 not H3808 from his wickedness H4480 H7562 , nor from his wicked H7563 way H4480 H1870 , he H1931 shall die H4191 in his iniquity H5771 ; but thou H859 hast delivered H5337 H853 thy soul H5315 .
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20. "Again, those who do right may turn away from doing good and do evil. If I make something bad happen to them, they will die. Because you have not warned them, they will die because of their sin, and the good they did will not be remembered. But I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
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20. Again , When a righteous H6662 man doth turn H7725 from his righteousness H4480 H6664 , and commit H6213 iniquity H5766 , and I lay H5414 a stumblingblock H4383 before H6440 him, he H1931 shall die H4191 : because H3588 thou hast not H3808 given him warning H2094 , he shall die H4191 in his sin H2403 , and his righteousness H6666 which H834 he hath done H6213 shall not H3808 be remembered H2142 ; but his blood H1818 will I require H1245 at thine hand H4480 H3027 .
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21. But if you have warned those good people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will surely live, because they believed the warning. And you will have saved your life."
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21. Nevertheless if H3588 thou H859 warn H2094 the righteous H6662 man , that the righteous H6662 sin H2398 not H1115 , and he H1931 doth not H3808 sin H2398 , he shall surely live H2421 H2421 , because H3588 he is warned H2094 ; also thou H859 hast delivered H5337 H853 thy soul H5315 .
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22. Then I felt the power of the Lord there. He said to me, "Get up and go out to the plain. There I will speak to you."
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22. And the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 there H8033 upon H5921 me ; and he said H559 unto H413 me, Arise H6965 , go forth H3318 into H413 the plain H1237 , and I will there H8033 talk H1696 with H854 thee.
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23. So I got up and went out to the plain. I saw the glory of the Lord standing there, like the glory I saw by the Kebar River, and I bowed facedown on the ground.
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23. Then I arose H6965 , and went forth H3318 into H413 the plain H1237 : and, behold H2009 , the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 stood H5975 there H8033 , as the glory H3519 which H834 I saw H7200 by H5921 the river H5104 of Chebar H3529 : and I fell H5307 on H5921 my face H6440 .
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24. Then the Spirit entered me and made me stand on my feet. He spoke to me and said, "Go, shut yourself up in your house.
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24. Then the spirit H7307 entered H935 into me , and set H5975 me upon H5921 my feet H7272 , and spoke H1696 with H854 me , and said H559 unto H413 me, Go H935 , shut thyself H5462 within H8432 thine house H1004 .
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25. As for you, human, the people will tie you up with ropes so that you will not be able to go out among them.
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25. But thou H859 , O son H1121 of man H120 , behold H2009 , they shall put H5414 bands H5688 upon H5921 thee , and shall bind H631 thee with them , and thou shalt not H3808 go out H3318 among H8432 them:
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26. Also, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so you will be silent. You will not be able to argue with the people, even though they turn against me.
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26. And I will make thy tongue H3956 cleave H1692 to H413 the roof of thy mouth H2441 , that thou shalt be dumb H481 , and shalt not H3808 be H1961 to them a reprover H376 H3198 : for H3588 they H1992 are a rebellious H4805 house H1004 .
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27. But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, 'The Lord God says this.' Those who will listen, let them listen. Those who refuse, let them refuse, because they are a people who turn against me.
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27. But when I speak H1696 with H854 thee , I will open H6605 H853 thy mouth H6310 , and thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 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 H3588 they H1992 are a rebellious H4805 house H1004 .
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