Ezekiel 3:1-13 ▼

1 And he said to me, Son of Man, eat this volume, and go and speak to the children of Israel.

2 So he opened my mouth, and caused me to eat the volume. And he said to me, Son of man,

3 thy mouth shall eat, and thy belly shall be filled with this volume that is given to thee. So I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.

4 And he said to me, Son of man, go thy way, and go in to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

5 For thou art not sent to a people of hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

6 neither to many nations of other speech and other tongues, nor of harsh language, whose words thou wouldest not understand: although if I had sent thee to such, they would have hearkened to thee.

7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted.

8 And, behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen thy power against their power.

9 And it shall be continually stronger than a rock: be not afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their faces, because it is a provoking house.

10 And he said to me, Son of man, receive into thine heart all the words that I have spoken to thee, and hear them with thine ears.

11 And go thy way, go in to the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

12 Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice as of a great earthquake, saying , Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

13 And I perceived the sound of the wings of the living creatures clapping one to the other, and the sound of the wheels was near them, and the sound of the earthquake.