Ezekiel 3 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Ezekiel 4

¹“You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem.

KJVThou also, son^H1121 of man^H120, take^H3947^(H8798) thee a tile^H3843, and lay^H5414^(H8804) it before^H6440 thee, and pourtray^H2710^(H8804) upon it the city^H5892, even Jerusalem^H3389:

² Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against it and plant battering rams against it all around.

KJVAnd lay^H5414^(H8804) siege^H4692 against it, and build^H1129^(H8804) a fort^H1785 against it, and cast^H8210^(H8804) a mount^H5550 against it; set^H5414^(H8804) the camp^H4264 also against it, and set^H7760^(H8798) battering rams^H3733 against it round about^H5439.

³ Take for yourself an iron pan and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

KJVMoreover take^H3947^(H8798) thou unto thee an iron^H1270 pan^H4227, and set^H5414^(H8804) it for a wall^H7023 of iron^H1270 between thee and the city^H5892: and set^H3559^(H8689) thy face^H6440 against it, and it shall be besieged^H4692, and thou shalt lay siege^H6696^(H8804) against it. This shall be a sign^H226 to the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

⁴ “Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

KJVLie^H7901^(H8798) thou also upon thy left^H8042 side^H6654, and lay^H7760^(H8804) the iniquity^H5771 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 upon it: according to the number^H4557 of the days^H3117 that thou shalt lie^H7901^(H8799) upon it thou shalt bear^H5375^(H8799) their iniquity^H5771.

⁵ For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

KJVFor I have laid^H5414^(H8804) upon thee the years^H8141 of their iniquity^H5771, according to the number^H4557 of the days^H3117, three^H7969 hundred^H3967 and ninety^H8673 days^H3117: so shalt thou bear^H5375^(H8804) the iniquity^H5771 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

⁶ “Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you.

KJVAnd when thou hast accomplished^H3615^(H8765) them^H428, lie^H7901^(H8804) again^H8145 on thy right^H3233^(H8675)^H3227 side^H6654, and thou shalt bear^H5375^(H8804) the iniquity^H5771 of the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 forty^H705 days^H3117: I have appointed^H5414^(H8804) thee each day^H3117^H3117 for a year^H8141^H8141.

⁷ You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.

KJVTherefore thou shalt set^H3559^(H8686) thy face^H6440 toward the siege^H4692 of Jerusalem^H3389, and thine arm^H2220 shall be uncovered^H2834^(H8803), and thou shalt prophesy^H5012^(H8738) against it.

⁸ Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

KJVAnd, behold, I will lay^H5414^(H8804) bands^H5688 upon thee, and thou shalt not turn^H2015^(H8735) thee from one side^H6654 to another^H6654, till thou hast ended^H3615^(H8763) the days^H3117 of thy siege^H4692.

⁹ “Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel. Make bread of it. According to the number of the days that you will lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) thou also unto thee wheat^H2406, and barley^H8184, and beans^H6321, and lentiles^H5742, and millet^H1764, and fitches^H3698, and put^H5414^(H8804) them in one^H259 vessel^H3627, and make^H6213^(H8804) thee bread^H3899 thereof, according to the number^H4557 of the days^H3117 that thou shalt lie^H7901^(H8802) upon thy side^H6654, three^H7969 hundred^H3967 and ninety^H8673 days^H3117 shalt thou eat^H398^(H8799) thereof.

¹⁰ Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.

KJVAnd thy meat^H3978 which thou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) shall be by weight^H4946, twenty^H6242 shekels^H8255 a day^H3117: from time^H6256 to time^H6256 shalt thou eat^H398^(H8799) it.

¹¹ You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin. From time to time you shall drink.

KJVThou shalt drink^H8354^(H8799) also water^H4325 by measure^H4884, the sixth part^H8345 of an hin^H1969: from time^H6256 to time^H6256 shalt thou drink^H8354^(H8799).

¹² You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.”

KJVAnd thou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) it as barley^H8184 cakes^H5692, and thou shalt bake^H5746^(H8799) it with dung^H1561 that cometh out^H6627 of man^H120, in their sight^H5869.

¹³ Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799), Even thus shall the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 eat^H398^(H8799) their defiled^H2931 bread^H3899 among the Gentiles^H1471, whither I will drive^H5080^(H8686) them.

¹⁴ Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals. No abominable meat has come into my mouth!”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) I, Ah^H162 Lord^H136 GOD^H3069! behold, my soul^H5315 hath not been polluted^H2930^(H8794): for from my youth^H5271 up even till now have I not eaten^H398^(H8804) of that which dieth of itself^H5038, or is torn in pieces^H2966; neither came^H935^(H8804) there abominable^H6292 flesh^H1320 into my mouth^H6310.

¹⁵ Then he said to me, “Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.”

KJVThen he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Lo^H7200^(H8798), I have given^H5414^(H8804) thee cow's^H1241 dung^H6832^(H8675)^H6832 for man's^H120 dung^H1561, and thou shalt prepare^H6213^(H8804) thy bread^H3899 therewith.

¹⁶ Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;

KJVMoreover he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, behold, I will break^H7665^(H8799) the staff^H4294 of bread^H3899 in Jerusalem^H3389: and they shall eat^H398^(H8804) bread^H3899 by weight^H4948, and with care^H1674; and they shall drink^H8354^(H8799) water^H4325 by measure^H4884, and with astonishment^H8078:

¹⁷ that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

KJVThat they may want^H2637^(H8799) bread^H3899 and water^H4325, and be astonied^H8074^(H8738) one^H376 with another^H251, and consume away^H4743^(H8738) for their iniquity^H5771.

WEB·Ezekiel 3

¹He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”

KJVMoreover he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, eat^H398^(H8798) that thou findest^H4672^(H8799); eat^H398^(H8798) this roll^H4039, and go^H3212^(H8798) speak^H1696^(H8761) unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

² So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.

KJVSo I opened^H6605^(H8799) my mouth^H6310, and he caused me to eat^H398^(H8686) that roll^H4039.

³ He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, cause thy belly^H990 to eat^H398^(H8686), and fill^H4390^(H8762) thy bowels^H4578 with this roll^H4039 that I give^H5414^(H8802) thee. Then did I eat^H398^(H8799) it; and it was in my mouth^H6310 as honey^H1706 for sweetness^H4966.

⁴ He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, go^H3212^(H8798), get^H935^(H8798) thee unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, and speak^H1696^(H8765) with my words^H1697 unto them.

⁵ For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—

KJVFor thou art not sent^H7971^(H8803) to a people^H5971 of a strange^H6012 speech^H8193 and of an hard^H3515 language^H3956, but to the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478;

⁶ not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

KJVNot to many^H7227 people^H5971 of a strange^H6012 speech^H8193 and of an hard^H3515 language^H3956, whose words^H1697 thou canst not understand^H8085^(H8799). Surely, had I sent^H7971^(H8804) thee to them, they would have hearkened^H8085^(H8799) unto thee.

⁷ But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

KJVBut the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 will^H14^(H8799) not hearken^H8085^(H8800) unto thee; for they will^H14^(H8802) not hearken^H8085^(H8800) unto me: for all the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 are impudent^H2389^H4696 and hardhearted^H7186^H3820.

⁸ Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

KJVBehold, I have made^H5414^(H8804) thy face^H6440 strong^H2389 against^H5980 their faces^H6440, and thy forehead^H4696 strong^H2389 against^H5980 their foreheads^H4696.

⁹ I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

KJVAs an adamant^H8068 harder^H2389 than flint^H6864 have I made^H5414^(H8804) thy forehead^H4696: fear^H3372^(H8799) them not, neither be dismayed^H2865^(H8735) at their looks^H6440, though they be a rebellious^H4805 house^H1004.

¹⁰ Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.

KJVMoreover he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, all my words^H1697 that I shall speak^H1696^(H8762) unto thee receive^H3947^(H8798) in thine heart^H3824, and hear^H8085^(H8798) with thine ears^H241.

¹¹ Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.”

KJVAnd go^H3212^(H8798), get^H935^(H8798) thee to them of the captivity^H1473, unto the children^H1121 of thy people^H5971, and speak^H1696^(H8765) unto them, and tell^H559^(H8804) them, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; whether they will hear^H8085^(H8799), or whether they will forbear^H2308^(H8799).

¹² Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”

KJVThen the spirit^H7307 took me up^H5375^(H8799), and I heard^H8085^(H8799) behind^H310 me a voice^H6963 of a great^H1419 rushing^H7494, saying, Blessed^H1288^(H8803) be the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 from his place^H4725.

¹³ I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.

KJVI heard also the noise^H6963 of the wings^H3671 of the living creatures^H2416 that touched^H5401^(H8688) one^H802 another^H269, and the noise^H6963 of the wheels^H212 over against^H5980 them, and a noise^H6963 of a great^H1419 rushing^H7494.

¹⁴ So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.

KJVSo the spirit^H7307 lifted me up^H5375^(H8804), and took me away^H3947^(H8799), and I went^H3212^(H8799) in bitterness^H4751, in the heat^H2534 of my spirit^H7307; but the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 was strong^H2388^(H8804) upon me.

¹⁵ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

KJVThen I came^H935^(H8799) to them of the captivity^H1473 at Telabib^H8512, that dwelt^H3427^(H8802) by the river^H5104 of Chebar^H3529, and I sat^H3427^(H8799) where they sat^H3427^(H8799), and remained^H3427^(H8799) there astonished^H8074^(H8688) among^H8432 them seven^H7651 days^H3117.

¹⁶ At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVAnd it came to pass at the end^H7097 of seven^H7651 days^H3117, that the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

¹⁷ “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

KJVSon^H1121 of man^H120, I have made^H5414^(H8804) thee a watchman^H6822^(H8802) unto the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478: therefore hear^H8085^(H8804) the word^H1697 at my mouth^H6310, and give them warning^H2094^(H8689) from me.

¹⁸ When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

KJVWhen I say^H559^(H8800) unto the wicked^H7563, Thou shalt surely^H4191^(H8800) die^H4191^(H8799); and thou givest him not warning^H2094^(H8689), nor speakest^H1696^(H8765) to warn^H2094^(H8687) the wicked^H7563 from his wicked^H7563 way^H1870, to save his life^H2421^(H8763); the same wicked^H7563 man shall die^H4191^(H8799) in his iniquity^H5771; but his blood^H1818 will I require^H1245^(H8762) at thine hand^H3027.

¹⁹ Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”

KJVYet if thou warn^H2094^(H8689) the wicked^H7563, and he turn^H7725^(H8804) not from his wickedness^H7562, nor from his wicked^H7563 way^H1870, he shall die^H4191^(H8799) in his iniquity^H5771; but thou hast delivered^H5337^(H8689) thy soul^H5315.

²⁰ “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

KJVAgain^H7725, When a righteous^H6662 man doth turn^H7725^(H8800) from his righteousness^H6664, and commit^H6213^(H8804) iniquity^H5766, and I lay^H5414^(H8804) a stumblingblock^H4383 before^H6440 him, he shall die^H4191^(H8799): because thou hast not given him warning^H2094^(H8689), he shall die^H4191^(H8799) in his sin^H2403, and his righteousness^H6666 which he hath done^H6213^(H8804) shall not be remembered^H2142^(H8735); but his blood^H1818 will I require^H1245^(H8762) at thine hand^H3027.

²¹ Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”

KJVNevertheless if thou warn^H2094^(H8689) the righteous^H6662 man, that the righteous^H6662 sin^H2398^(H8800) not, and he doth not sin^H2398^(H8804), he shall surely^H2421^(H8800) live^H2421^(H8799), because he is warned^H2094^(H8737); also thou hast delivered^H5337^(H8689) thy soul^H5315.

²² Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”

KJVAnd the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 was there upon me; and he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Arise^H6965^(H8798), go forth^H3318^(H8798) into the plain^H1237, and I will there talk^H1696^(H8762) with thee.

²³ Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.

KJVThen I arose^H6965^(H8799), and went forth^H3318^(H8799) into the plain^H1237: and, behold, the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 stood^H5975^(H8802) there, as the glory^H3519 which I saw^H7200^(H8804) by the river^H5104 of Chebar^H3529: and I fell^H5307^(H8799) on my face^H6440.

²⁴ Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

KJVThen the spirit^H7307 entered^H935^(H8799) into me, and set^H5975^(H8686) me upon my feet^H7272, and spake^H1696^(H8762) with me, and said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Go^H935^(H8798), shut^H5462^(H8734) thyself within^H8432 thine house^H1004.

²⁵ But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.

KJVBut thou, O son^H1121 of man^H120, behold, they shall put^H5414^(H8804) bands^H5688 upon thee, and shall bind^H631^(H8804) thee with them, and thou shalt not go out^H3318^(H8799) among^H8432 them:

²⁶ I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.

KJVAnd I will make thy tongue^H3956 cleave^H1692^(H8686) to the roof of thy mouth^H2441, that thou shalt be dumb^H481^(H8738), and shalt not be to them a reprover^H376^H3198^(H8688): for they are a rebellious^H4805 house^H1004.

²⁷ But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

KJVBut when I speak^H1696^(H8763) with^H854 thee, I will open^H6605^(H8799) thy mouth^H6310, and thou shalt say^H559^(H8804) unto them, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; He that heareth^H8085^(H8802), let him hear^H8085^(H8799); and he that forbeareth^H2310, let him forbear^H2308^(H8799): for they are a rebellious^H4805 house^H1004.

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