Verse 17

Ezekiel 3:17

New Living Translation

17 “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בֶּן אָדָ֕ם צֹפֶ֥ה נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָ לְ/בֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/שָׁמַעְתָּ֤ מִ/פִּ/י֙ דָּבָ֔ר וְ/הִזְהַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖/ם מִמֶּֽ/נִּי

English Translation

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word from my mouth and warn them from me.

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Chapter 3 Context

1 The voice said to me, “Son of man, eat what I am giving you — eat this scroll! Then go and give its... Focus ↗

2 So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. Focus ↗

3 “Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Focus ↗

4 Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages. Focus ↗

5 I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand. Focus ↗

6 No, I am not sending you to people with strange and difficult speech. If I did, they would listen! Focus ↗

7 But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of t... Focus ↗

8 But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are. Focus ↗

9 I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don’t be afraid of them or fear their angr... Focus ↗

10 Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them car... Focus ↗

11 Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!’ Do this whe... Focus ↗

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me. (May the glory of the LOR... Focus ↗

13 It was the sound of the wings of the living beings as they brushed against each other and the rumbli... Focus ↗

14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD’s hold on m... Focus ↗

15 Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I was overwhelmed an... Focus ↗

16 After seven days the LORD gave me a message. He said, Focus ↗

17 “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me,...

18 If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warn... Focus ↗

19 If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you... Focus ↗

20 “If righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and ignore the obstacles I put in their... Focus ↗

21 But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, a... Focus ↗

22 Then the LORD took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you... Focus ↗

23 So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the LORD, just as I had seen in my first vision b... Focus ↗

24 Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and s... Focus ↗

25 There, son of man, you will be tied with ropes so you cannot go out among the people. Focus ↗

26 And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unabl... Focus ↗

27 But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to the... Focus ↗

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