Ezekiel Chapter 3

Ezekiel eats the scroll


3:1 Then he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, eat that you find; eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
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3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that scroll.
3:3 And he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you. When I ate it; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Ezekiel is instructed and encouraged by God


3:4 And he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, go, get you to the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
, and speak with my words to them.
3:5 Because you aren’t sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
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3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
3:7 But the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
won’t listen to you; because they won’t listen to me: because all the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
are impudent and hardhearted.
3:8 See, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
3:9 Like an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
3:10 Then he said to me, Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
3:11 And go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, So says Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
from his place.
3:13 I heard also the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the sound of the wheels over against them, and a sound of a great rushing.
3:14 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 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
was strong upon me.
3:15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Telabib, that lived by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
3:16 And it so happened at the end of seven days, that the word of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
came to me, saying,
3:17 Son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
: So hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
3:18 When I say to the wicked, you shall surely die; and you don’t give him warning, or speak 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 your hand.
3:19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
3:20 Again, When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
3:21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doesn’t sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
3:22 And the hand of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
was there on me; and he said to me, Get up, go out into the plain, and I will there talk with you.
3:23 Then I got up, and went out into the plain: and, see, the glory of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and stood me on my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself inside your house.
3:25 But you, O son of Manאָדָם
Transliteration: ‘āḏām Pronunciation: aw-dam’ masculine noun Meaning: man, mankind, Adam, first man, city in Jordan valley For more info click here
, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
3:26 And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover: because they are a rebellious house.
3:27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, So says Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
 the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
; He that hears, let him hear; and he that forbear, let him forbear: because they are a rebellious house.

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