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Ezekiel 3:1 (show verse)
Then 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 (show verse)
So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.
Ezekiel 3:3 (show verse)
He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I ate it, and it was 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 with 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)
nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you;
Ezekiel 3:7 (show verse)
yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.
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, 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)
Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, 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
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holy Boldness » Exhortations to
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Courage » Scriptures relating to
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Prophets » Were required » To be bold and undaunted
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Ezekiel 3:10 (show verse)
Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and listen closely.
Ezekiel 3:11 (show verse)
Ezekiel 3:12 (show verse)
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.”
Ezekiel 3:13 (show verse)
And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound.
Ezekiel 3:14 (show verse)
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Ezekiel 3:15 (show verse)
Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.
Chebar » A river of mesopotamia
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Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
Seven » Days » Ezekiel sits by the chebar river in astonishment for
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)
Ezekiel 3:17 (show verse)
“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.
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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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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Reproof » Ministers are sent to give
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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
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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)
When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your 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)
Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.
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)
Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 3:21 (show verse)
However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”
Ezekiel 3:22 (show verse)
The hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.”
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Ezekiel 3:23 (show verse)
So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face.
Ezekiel 3:24 (show verse)
The Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house.
Ezekiel 3:25 (show verse)
As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them.
Ezekiel 3:26 (show verse)
Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 3:27 (show verse)
But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.