# Ezekiel 3

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/ezekiel/3

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. He said to me, Son of man, eat what you find, eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel.
2. I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll.
3. He said to me, "Son of man, let your belly devour it and fill your bowels with this scroll that I am giving you." Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth like honey for sweetness.
4. And he said to me, “Son of man, go, enter the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.”
5. For you are not sent to a people of obscure speech and heavy tongue, but to the house of Israel.
6. Not to many peoples of deep speech and heavy tongue, whose words you cannot understand—if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you.
7. But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me; for all the house of Israel has stubborn foreheads and hard hearts—they.
8. See, I have made your face impudent against their faces, and your forehead impudent against their foreheads.
9. I have made your forehead like adamant, harder than flint—do not fear them, nor be terrified before their faces, though they are a rebellious house.
10. He said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I will speak to you into your heart, and hear with your ears.”
11. Go to the exiles, to the children of your people, speak to them, and tell them, "Thus says the Lord Yahweh—whether they listen or refuse."
12. The Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great tumult: "Blessed is the glory of Yahweh from his place."
13. The sound of the wings of the living creatures as each touched its fellow, the sound of the wheels alongside them, and the sound of a great rumble.
14. The Spirit lifted me and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the fury of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh was strong upon me.
15. I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, those dwelling by the Chebar River, and sat where they dwelt; I sat there among them seven days, appalled.
16. After seven days, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
17. Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel, so hear the word from my mouth and warn them from me.
18. When I tell the wicked, "You will surely die," and you do not warn him or speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way to keep him alive, then he, the wicked one, will die in his iniquity, and I will require his blood from your hand.
19. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he himself will die in his iniquity; you have delivered your soul.
20. Again, when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place a stumbling block before him, he will die; because you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, his righteous deeds that he performed will not be remembered, and I will require his blood at your hand.
21. But if you warn the righteous not to sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.
22. The hand of Yahweh was there upon me, and he said to me, "Arise, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you."
23. I got up and went out to the plain, and there stood the glory of Yahweh, like the glory I had seen beside the Chebar River, and I fell on my face.
24. The spirit entered me and made me stand on my feet, and he spoke to me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself up inside your house."
25. You, son of man—see, they will put cords on you and bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.
26. I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and not a rebuker to them, for they are a house of rebellion.
27. When I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, Thus says Lord Yahweh: Whoever hears, let him hear, and whoever refrains, let him refrain, for they are a house of rebellion.

## Nearby chapters

[Ezekiel 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ezekiel/2.md)
[Ezekiel 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ezekiel/4.md)

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