MLV(i)
1 And he said to me, Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this roll and go, speak to the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth and he caused me to eat the roll.
3 And he said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat and fill your guts with this roll that I give you. Then I ate it and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said to me, Son of man, go, get to the house of Israel and speak to them with my words. 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 cannot 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 of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant, harder than flint, I have made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I will speak to you, receive in your heart and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to those of the captivity, to the sons of your people and speak to them and tell them, The lord Jehovah says thus, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, The glory of Jehovah from his place is blessed. 13 And I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched each other 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 the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar and to where they dwelt. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
16 And it happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me.
18 When I say to a wicked man, You will surely die and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked man from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
19 Yet if you warn the wicked man and he does not 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 unrighteousness 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 man not sin and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning and you have delivered your soul.
22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain and I will talk with you there. 23 Then I arose and went forth into the plain. And behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar and I fell on my face.
24 Then the Spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet. And he spoke with me and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house. 25 But you, son of man, behold, they will lay bands upon you and will bind you with them and you will not escape from them. 26 And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute and will not be a reprover to them, for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus. He who hears, let him hear and he who forbears, let him forbear, for they are a rebellious house.
4 And he said to me, Son of man, go, get to the house of Israel and speak to them with my words. 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 cannot 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 of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant, harder than flint, I have made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I will speak to you, receive in your heart and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to those of the captivity, to the sons of your people and speak to them and tell them, The lord Jehovah says thus, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, The glory of Jehovah from his place is blessed. 13 And I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched each other 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 the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar and to where they dwelt. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
16 And it happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me.
18 When I say to a wicked man, You will surely die and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked man from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
19 Yet if you warn the wicked man and he does not 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 unrighteousness 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 man not sin and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning and you have delivered your soul.
22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain and I will talk with you there. 23 Then I arose and went forth into the plain. And behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar and I fell on my face.
24 Then the Spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet. And he spoke with me and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house. 25 But you, son of man, behold, they will lay bands upon you and will bind you with them and you will not escape from them. 26 And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute and will not be a reprover to them, for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, The lord Jehovah says thus. He who hears, let him hear and he who forbears, let him forbear, for they are a rebellious house.