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EZE-1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the
fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was]
among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens
were opened, and I saw visions of God.
EZE-1:2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth
year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
EZE-1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the
priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
EZE-1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the
north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a
brightness [was] about it, and out of the midst thereof as the
colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
EZE-1:5 Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of
four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had
the likeness of a man.
EZE-1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four
wings.
EZE-1:7 And their feet [were] straight feet; and the sole of
their feet [was] like the sole of a calf's foot: and they
sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
EZE-1:8 And [they had] the hands of a man under their wings on
their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
EZE-1:9 Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned
not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
EZE-1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the
face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and
they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also
had the face of an eagle.
EZE-1:11 Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were]
stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were] joined one to
another, and two covered their bodies.
EZE-1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the
spirit was to go, they went; [and] they turned not when they
went.
EZE-1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their
appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, [and] like the
appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living
creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went
forth lightning.
EZE-1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning.
EZE-1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel
upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
EZE-1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like
unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and
their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the
middle of a wheel.
EZE-1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and]
they turned not when they went.
EZE-1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were
dreadful; and their rings [were] full of eyes round about them
four.
EZE-1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by
them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up.
EZE-1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither
[was their] spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the
wheels.
EZE-1:21 When those went, [these] went; and when those stood,
[these] stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the
wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
living creature [was] in the wheels.
EZE-1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of
the living creature [was] as the colour of the terrible crystal,
stretched forth over their heads above.
EZE-1:23 And under the firmament [were] their wings straight,
the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on
this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side,
their bodies.
EZE-1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings,
like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty,
the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood,
they let down their wings.
EZE-1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that [was]
over their heads, when they stood, [and] had let down their
wings.
EZE-1:26 And above the firmament that [was] over their heads
[was] the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire
stone: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as
the appearance of a man above upon it.
EZE-1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of
fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins
even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward,
I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness
round about.
EZE-1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in
the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round
about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of
the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard
a voice of one that spake.
*EZE-2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak unto thee.
EZE-2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me,
and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
EZE-2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the
children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled
against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me,
[even] unto this very day.
EZE-2:4 For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do
send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD.
EZE-2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear, (for they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know
that there hath been a prophet among them.
EZE-2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be
afraid of their words, though briers and thorns [be] with thee,
and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a
rebellious house.
EZE-2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most
rebellious.
EZE-2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not
thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and
eat that I give thee.
EZE-2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me;
and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;
EZE-2:10 And he spread it before me; and it [was] written
within and without: and [there was] written therein lamentations,
and mourning, and woe.
*EZE-3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou
findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
EZE-3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
EZE-3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat,
and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I
eat [it]; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
EZE-3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the
house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
EZE-3:5 For thou [art] not sent to a people of a strange speech
and of an hard language, [but] to the house of Israel;
EZE-3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard
language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I
sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
EZE-3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for
they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel [are]
impudent and hardhearted.
EZE-3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces,
and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
EZE-3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy
forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks,
though they [be] a rebellious house.
EZE-3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words
that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear
with thine ears.
EZE-3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the
children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear.
EZE-3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a
voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed [be] the glory of
the LORD from his place.
EZE-3:13 [I heard] also the noise of the wings of the living
creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels
over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
EZE-3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I
went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of
the LORD was strong upon me.
EZE-3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that
dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and
remained there astonished among them seven days.
EZE-3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
EZE-3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house
of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them
warning from me.
EZE-3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and
thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked
from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man]
shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
EZE-3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his
wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his
iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
EZE-3:20 Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his
righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock
before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he
hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require
at thine hand.
EZE-3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous [man], that
the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live,
because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
EZE-3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he
said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there
talk with thee.
EZE-3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and,
behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I
saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
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