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Ezekiel 3:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 "
Ezekiel 3:17
Verse in Context
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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.
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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
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.
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.
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Ezekiel 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."
Ezekiel 3:2
"So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll."
Ezekiel 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."
Ezekiel 3:4
"And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words"
Ezekiel 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;"
Ezekiel 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"
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