1	Moreover he said# unto me, Son of man, eat# that thou findest# ; eat# this roll, and go# speak# unto the house of Israel.
			2	So I opened# my mouth, and he caused me to eat# that roll.
			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.
			4	And he said# unto me, Son of man, go# , get# thee unto the house of Israel, and speak# with my words unto them.
			5	For thou art not sent# to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; [of a...: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue]
			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. [of a...: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of language] [Surely...: or, If I had sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee?]
			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# . [impudent...: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart]
			8	Behold, I have made# thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
			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.
			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.
			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# .
			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.
			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. [touched: Heb. kissed]
			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. [in bitterness: Heb. bitter] [heat: Heb. hot anger]
			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.
			16	And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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. [righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses]
			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.
			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.
			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.
			24	Then the spirit entered# into me, and set# me upon my feet, and spake# with me, and said# unto me, Go# , shut# thyself within thine house.
			25	But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put# bands upon thee, and shall bind# thee with them, and thou shalt not go out# among them:
			26	And I will make thy tongue cleave# to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb# , and shalt not be to them a reprover# # : for they are a rebellious house. [a reprover: Heb. a man reproving]
			27	But when I speak# with thee, I will open# thy mouth, and thou shalt say# unto them, Thus saith# the Lord GOD; He that heareth# , let him hear# ; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear# : for they are a rebellious house.