And he saidunto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowelswiththisrollthat I givethee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Not to manypeople of a strangespeech and of an hardlanguage, whosewordsthoucanst not understand. Surely, had I sentthee to them, theywouldhavehearkeneduntothee.
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speakuntothem, and tellthem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; whethertheywillhear, or whethertheywillforbear.
I heardalso the noise of the wings of the livingcreaturesthattouched one another, and the noise of the wheelsoveragainstthem, and a noise of a greatrushing.
Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, thatdwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat wherethey sat, and remainedthereastonishedamongthemsevendays.
When I say unto the wicked, Thoushaltsurely die; and thougivest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wickedfrom his wicked way, to save his life; the samewicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his bloodwill I require at thinehand.
Yet if thouwarn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thouhastdelivered thy soul.
Again, When a righteous man dothturnfrom his righteousness, and commitiniquity, and I lay a stumblingblockbefore him, he shall die: becausethouhast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousnesswhich he hathdoneshall not be remembered; but his bloodwill I require at thinehand.
Nevertheless if thouwarn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shallsurelylive, because he is warned; alsothouhastdelivered thy soul.
Then I arose, and wentforthinto the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORDstoodthere, as the glorywhich I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
But when I speakwiththee, I willopen thy mouth, and thoushalt say untothem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; He thatheareth, let him hear; and he thatforbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellioushouse.