| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel." | 1Then He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." |
| 2So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. | 2So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. |
| 3Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. | 3He 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. |
| 4He then said to me: "Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. | 4Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. |
| 5You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel-- | 5"For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, |
| 6not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. | 6nor 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; |
| 7But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. | 7yet 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. |
| 8But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. | 8"Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. |
| 9I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people." | 9"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." |
| 10And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. | 10Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and listen closely. |
| 11Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says,' whether they listen or fail to listen." | 11"Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'" |
| 12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the LORD rose from the place where it was standing. | 12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, "Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His place." |
| 13It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound. | 13And 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. |
| 14The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD on me. | 14So 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. |
| 15I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days--deeply distressed. | 15Then 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. |
| 16At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me: | 16At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| 17"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. | 17"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. |
| 18When I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. | 18"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. |
| 19But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself. | 19"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. |
| 20"Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. | 20"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. |
| 21But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself." | 21"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." |
| 22The hand of the LORD was on me there, and he said to me, "Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you." | 22The 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." |
| 23So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. | 23So 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. |
| 24Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: "Go, shut yourself inside your house. | 24The 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. |
| 25And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. | 25"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. |
| 26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people. | 26"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. |
| 27But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.' Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people. | 27"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. |
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