3He told me, "Son of man, eat what you see. Eat this book. Then go and speak to the family of Israel."H559H1121H120H398H4672H398H4039H3212H1696H1004H34782As I opened my mouth, he gave me the scroll to eat,H6605H6310H398H40393saying, "Son of man, eat this book that I am giving you. Make a full meal of it!" So I ate it. It tasted so good—just like honey.H559H1121H120H990H398H4390H4578H4039H5414H398H6310H1706H49664Then he told me, "Son of man, go to the family of Israel and speak my Message.H559H1121H120H3212H935H1004H3478H1696H16975Look, I'm not sending you to a people who speak a hard-to-learn language with words you can hardly pronounce.H7971H5971H6012H8193H3515H3956H1004H34786If I had sent you to such people, their ears would have perked up and they would have listened immediately.H7227H5971H6012H8193H3515H3956H1697H8085H7971H80857"But it won't work that way with the family of Israel. They won't listen to you because they won't listen to me. They are, as I said, a hard case, hardened in their sin.H1004H3478H14H8085H14H8085H1004H3478H2389H4696H7186H38208But I'll make you as hard in your way as they are in theirs.H5414H6440H2389H5980H6440H4696H2389H5980H46969I'll make your face as hard as rock, harder than granite. Don't let them intimidate you. Don't be afraid of them, even though they're a bunch of rebels."H8068H2389H6864H5414H4696H3372H2865H6440H4805H100410Then he said, "Son of man, get all these words that I'm giving you inside you. Listen to them obediently. Make them your own.H559H1121H120H1697H1696H3947H3824H8085H24111And now go. Go to the exiles, your people, and speak. Tell them, 'This is the Message of GOD, the Master.' Speak your piece, whether they listen or not."H3212H935H1473H1121H5971H1696H559H559H136H3069H8085H230812Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great commotion—"Blessed be the Glory of GOD in his Sanctuary!"—H7307H5375H8085H310H6963H1419H7494H1288H3519H3068H472513the wings of the living creatures beating against each other, the whirling wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake.H6963H3671H2416H5401H802H269H6963H212H5980H6963H1419H749414The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. I didn't want to go. But GOD had me in his grip.H7307H5375H3947H3212H4751H2534H7307H3027H3068H238815I arrived among the exiles who lived near the Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled.H935H1473H8512H3427H5104H3529H3427H3427H3427H8074H8432H7651H311716At the end of the seven days, I received this Message from GOD:H7097H7651H3117H1697H3068H55917"Son of man, I've made you a watchman for the family of Israel. Whenever you hear me say something, warn them for me.H1121H120H5414H6822H1004H3478H8085H1697H6310H209418If I say to the wicked, 'You are going to die,' and you don't sound the alarm warning them that it's a matter of life or death, they will die and it will be your fault. I'll hold you responsible.H559H7563H4191H4191H2094H1696H2094H7563H7563H1870H2421H7563H4191H5771H1818H1245H302719But if you warn the wicked and they keep right on sinning anyway, they'll most certainly die for their sin, but you won't die. You'll have saved your life.H2094H7563H7725H7562H7563H1870H4191H5771H5337H531520"And if the righteous turn back from living righteously and take up with evil when I step in and put them in a hard place, they'll die. If you haven't warned them, they'll die because of their sins, and none of the right things they've done will count for anything—and I'll hold you responsible.H7725H6662H7725H6664H6213H5766H5414H4383H6440H4191H2094H4191H2403H6666H6213H2142H1818H1245H302721But if you warn these righteous people not to sin and they listen to you, they'll live because they took the warning—and again, you'll have saved your life."H2094H6662H6662H2398H2398H2421H2421H2094H5337H531522GOD grabbed me by the shoulder and said, "Get up. Go out on the plain. I want to talk with you."H3027H3068H559H6965H3318H1237H169623So I got up and went out on the plain. I couldn't believe my eyes: the Glory of GOD! Right there! It was like the Glory I had seen at the Kebar River. I fell to the ground, prostrate.H6965H3318H1237H3519H3068H5975H3519H7200H5104H3529H5307H644024Then the Spirit entered me and put me on my feet. He said, "Go home and shut the door behind you."H7307H935H5975H7272H1696H559H935H5462H8432H100425And then something odd: "Son of man: They'll tie you hand and foot with ropes so you can't leave the house.H1121H120H5414H5688H631H3318H843226I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so you won't be able to talk and tell the people what they're doing wrong, even though they are a bunch of rebels.H3956H1692H2441H481H376H3198H4805H100427"But then when the time is ripe, I'll free your tongue and you'll say, 'This is what GOD, the Master, says: . . .' From then on it's up to them. They can listen or not listen, whichever they like. They are a bunch of rebels!H1696H854H6605H6310H559H559H136H3069H8085H8085H2310H2308H4805H1004
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