Hello and welcome to
"His Words are Life."
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
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we are going to
be reading together
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in the Book of Ezekiel.
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But let's pray before we start.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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thank you for Your love to us.
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Thank you for redeeming us
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and thank you for being with us
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as we walk on
our road to heaven.
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Please be with us now
as we read these words
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and show us what you
have for us to learn.
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We love You so much and
thank you for loving us, amen.
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We're beginning the
Book of Ezekiel today,
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Ezekiel Chapter 1 verse 1.
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This is the King James Version.
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"Now it came to pass
in the thirtieth year,
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in the fourth month, in
the fifth day of the month,
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as I was among the
captives by the river of Chebar,
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that the heavens were opened,
and I saw visions of God.
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In the fifth day of the month,
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which was the fifth year of
king Jehoiachin's captivity.
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The word of the
Lord came expressly
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unto Ezekiel the
priest, the son of Buzi,
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in the land of the
Chaldeans by the river Chebar,
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and the hand of the
Lord was there upon him.
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And I looked, and, behold,
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a whirlwind came
out of the north,
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a great cloud, and a
fire infolding itself,
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and a brightness was about it,
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and out of the midst
thereof as the color of amber,
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out of the midst of the fire.
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Also out of the midst
thereof came the likeness
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of four living creatures.
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And this was their appearance,
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they had the likeness of a man.
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And every one had four faces,
and every one had four wings.
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And their feet
were straight feet,
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and the sole of their feet
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was like the
sole of a calf's foot,
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and they sparkled like
the color of burnished brass.
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And they had the hands of a man
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under their wings
on their four sides,
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and they four had
their faces and their wings.
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Their wings were
joined one to another,
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they turned not when they went.
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They went every
one straight forward.
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As for the
likeness of their faces,
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they four had the face of a man,
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and the face of a
lion, on the right side.
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And they four had the
face of an ox on the left side.
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They four also had
the face of an eagle.
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Thus were their faces,
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and their wings
were stretched upward,
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two wings of every one
were joined one to another,
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and two covered their bodies.
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And they went every
one straight forward,
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whither the spirit
was to go, they went,
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and they turned
not when they went.
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As for the likeness
of the living creatures,
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their appearance was
like burning coals of fire,
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and like the
appearance of lamps,
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it went up and down
among the living creatures,
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and the fire was bright,
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and out of the fire
went forth lightning.
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And the living
creatures ran and returned
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as the appearance of
a flash of lightning.
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Now as I beheld
the living creatures,
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behold one wheel upon the earth
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by the living
creatures, with his four faces.
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The appearance of
the wheels and their work
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was like unto
the color of a beryl.
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And they four had one likeness,
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and their
appearance and their work
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was as it were a wheel
in the middle of a wheel.
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When they went, they
went upon their four sides.
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And they turned
not when they went.
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As for their
rings, they were so high
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that they were dreadful,
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and their rings were full
of eyes round about them four.
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And when the
living creatures went,
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and the wheels went by them.
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And when the living creatures
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were lifted up from the earth,
the wheels were lifted up.
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Whithersoever the
spirit was to go, they went,
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thither was their spirit to go.
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And the wheels were
lifted up over against them.
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For the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels.
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When those went, these went,
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and when those
stood, these stood,
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and when those were
lifted up from the earth,
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the wheels were
lifted up over against them,
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for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels.
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And the
likeness of the firmament
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upon the heads of
the living creature
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was as the color of
the terrible crystal,
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stretched forth
over their heads above.
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And under the firmament
were their wings straight,
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the one toward the other.
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Every one had two,
which covered on this side,
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and every one had
two, which covered
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on that side, their bodies.
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And when they went, I
heard the noise of their wings,
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like the noise of great waters,
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as the voice of the
Almighty, the voice of speech,
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as the noise of an host.
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When they stood,
they let down their wings.
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And there was a
voice from the firmament
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that was over their heads,
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when they stood, and
had let down their wings.
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And above the firmament
that was over their heads
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was the likeness of a throne,
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as the appearance
of a sapphire stone.
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And upon the likeness of
the throne was the likeness
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as the appearance
of a man above upon it.
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And I saw as the color of amber,
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as the appearance of
fire round about within it,
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from the appearance
of his loins even upward,
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and from the appearance
of his loins even downward,
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I saw as it were
the appearance of fire,
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and it had
brightness round about.
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As the appearance of the bow
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that is in the
cloud in the day of rain,
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so was the appearance of
the brightness round about.
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This was the
appearance of the likeness
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of the glory of the Lord.
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And when I saw it
I fell upon my face,
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and I heard a
voice of one that spake."
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Continuing now in
Ezekiel Chapter 2, verse 1
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"And he said
unto me, Son of man,
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stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak unto thee.
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And the spirit entered
into me when he spake unto me,
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and set me upon my feet,
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that I heard him
that spake unto me.
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And he said unto me, Son of man,
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I send thee to the
children of Israel,
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to a rebellious nation
that hath rebelled against me.
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They and their fathers
have transgressed against me,
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even unto this very day.
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For they are impudent
children and stiffhearted.
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I do send thee unto them,
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and thou shalt say unto
them, thus saith the Lord God.
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And they,
whether they will hear,
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or whether they will forbear,
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for they are a rebellious house,
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yet shall know that there
hath been a prophet among them.
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And thou, son of man,
be not afraid of them,
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neither be
afraid of their words,
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though briers and
thorns be with thee,
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and thou dost
dwell among scorpions.
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Be not afraid of their words,
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nor be dismayed at their looks,
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though they be a
rebellious house.
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And thou shalt
speak my words unto them,
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whether they will hear,
or whether they will forbear,
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for they are most rebellious.
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But thou, son of man,
hear what I say unto thee.
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Be not thou rebellious
like that rebellious house.
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Open thy mouth, and
eat that I give thee.
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And when I looked, behold,
an hand was sent unto me,
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and, lo, a roll of
a book was therein.
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And he spread it before me,
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and it was written
within and without.
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And there was
written therein lamentations,
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and mourning, and woe."
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Continuing in Ezekiel Chapter 3
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Moreover he said
unto me, Son of man,
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eat that thou
findest, eat this roll,
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and go speak unto
the house of Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and
he caused me to eat that roll.
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And he said unto me, Son of man,
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cause thy belly to eat,
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and fill thy bowels with
this roll that I give thee.
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Then did I eat it,
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and it was in my mouth
as honey for sweetness.
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And he said unto me, Son of man,
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go, get thee unto
the house of Israel,
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and speak with
my words unto them.
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For thou art
not sent to a people
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of a strange speech
and of an hard language,
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but to the house of Israel.
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Not to many people
of a strange speech
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and of an hard language,
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whose words thou
canst not understand.
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Surely, had I sent thee to them,
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they would have
hearkened unto thee.
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But the house of Israel
will not hearken unto thee
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for they will
not hearken unto me.
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For all the house of Israel
are impudent and hardhearted.
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Behold, I have made thy
face strong against their faces,
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and thy forehead strong
against their foreheads.
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As an adamant harder than
flint have I made thy forehead,
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fear them not, neither
be dismayed at their looks,
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though they be a
rebellious house.
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Moreover he said
unto me, Son of man,
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all my words that I
shall speak unto thee
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receive in thine heart,
and hear with thine ears.
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And go, get thee to
them of the captivity,
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unto the children of thy people,
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and speak unto
them, and tell them,
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Thus saith the Lord God,
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whether they will hear,
or whether they will forbear.
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Then the spirit took me up,
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and I heard behind me
a voice of great rushing,
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saying, Blessed be the glory
of the Lord from his place.
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I heard also the
noise of the wings
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of the living creatures
that touched one another,
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and the noise of the
wheels over against them,
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and a noise of a great rushing.
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So the spirit lifted
me up, and took me away,
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and I went in bitterness,
in the heat of my spirit,
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but the hand of the
Lord was strong upon me.
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Then I came to them of
the captivity at Telabib,
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that dwelt by
the river of Chebar,
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and I sat where they sat,
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and remained there astonished
among them seven days.
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And it came to pass
at the end of seven days,
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that the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying.
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Son of man, I have
made thee a watchman
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unto the house of Israel.
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Therefore hear
the word at my mouth,
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and give them warning from me.
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When I say unto the
wicked, Thou shalt surely die,
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and thou givest him not warning,
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nor speakest to warn the
wicked from his wicked way,
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to save his life,
the same wicked man
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shall die in his iniquity.
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But his blood will I
require at thine hand.
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Yet if thou warn the wicked,
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and he turn not
from his wickedness,
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nor from his wicked way,
he shall die in his iniquity,
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but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
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Again, when a
righteous man doth turn
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from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity,
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and I lay a stumbling-block
before him, he shall die.
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Because thou hast
not given him warning,
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he shall die in his
sin, and his righteousness
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which he hath done
shall not be remembered,
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but his blood will I
require at thine hand.
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Nevertheless if thou
warn the righteous man,
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that the righteous sin
not, and he doth not sin,
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he shall surely
live, because he is warned,
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also thou hast
delivered thy soul.
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And the hand of the
Lord was there upon me,
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and he said unto me,
Arise, go forth into the plain,
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and I will there talk with thee.
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Then I arose, and
went forth into the plain,
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and, behold, the glory
of the Lord stood there,
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as the glory which I
saw by the river of Chebar.
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And I fell on my face.
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Then the spirit entered into me,
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and set me upon my
feet, and spake with me,
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and said unto me, Go, shut
thyself within thine house.
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But thou, O son of man, behold,
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they shall put bands upon thee,
and shall bind thee with them,
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and thou shalt
not go out among them.
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And I will make
thy tongue cleave
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to the roof of thy
mouth, that thou shalt be dumb,
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and shalt not be
to them a reprover,
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for they are a rebellious house.
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But when I speak with thee,
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I will open thy mouth,
and thou shalt say unto them,
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Thus saith the Lord God,
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He that heareth, let him hear,
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and he that
forbeareth, let him forbear,
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for they are a
rebellious house."
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Continuing with
Ezekiel Chapter 4
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Thou also, son of
man, take thee a tile,
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and lay it before thee,
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and pourtray upon it
the city, even Jerusalem.
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And lay siege against it,
and build a fort against it,
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and cast a mount against it,
set the camp also against it,
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and set battering rams
against it round about.
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Moreover take thou
unto thee an iron pan,
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and set it for a wall of
iron between thee and the city.
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And set thy face against
it, and it shall be besieged,
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and thou shalt
lay siege against it.
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This shall be a sign
to the house of Israel.
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Lie thou also
upon thy left side,
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and lay the iniquity of
the house of Israel upon it.
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According to the
number of the days
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that thou shalt lie upon it
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thou shalt bear their iniquity.
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For I have laid upon thee
the years of their iniquity,
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according to the
number of the days,
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three hundred and ninety days.
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So shalt thou bear the iniquity
of the house of Israel."
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Please join me, again next time
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to continue reading
Ezekiel together, goodbye.
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