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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EZK-3:1",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.1",
        "text": "And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EZK-3:2",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.2",
        "text": "So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll."
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        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EZK-3:3",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.3",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EZK-3:4",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.4",
        "text": "And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them."
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        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EZK-3:5",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.5",
        "text": "For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EZK-3:6",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.6",
        "text": "not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EZK-3:7",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.7",
        "text": "But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EZK-3:8",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.8",
        "text": "Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EZK-3:9",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.9",
        "text": "As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EZK-3:10",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.10",
        "text": "Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EZK-3:11",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.11",
        "text": "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 Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "EZK-3:12",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.12",
        "text": "Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "EZK-3:13",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.13",
        "text": "And [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."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "EZK-3:14",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.14",
        "text": "So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "EZK-3:15",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.15",
        "text": "Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "EZK-3:16",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.16",
        "text": "And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,"
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        "n": 17,
        "refId": "EZK-3:17",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.17",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "EZK-3:18",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.18",
        "text": "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 thy hand."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "EZK-3:19",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.19",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "EZK-3:20",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.20",
        "text": "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 righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "EZK-3:21",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.21",
        "text": "Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "EZK-3:22",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.22",
        "text": "And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "EZK-3:23",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.23",
        "text": "Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "EZK-3:24",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.24",
        "text": "Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "EZK-3:25",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.25",
        "text": "But thou, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:"
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "EZK-3:26",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.26",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "EZK-3:27",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.3.27",
        "text": "But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house."
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