American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And he said[H559] unto me[H1121], Son of man[H120], eat[H398] that which thou findest[H4672]; eat[H398] this roll[H4039], and go[H3212], speak[H1696] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].

2. So I opened[H6605] my mouth[H6310], and he caused me to eat[H398] the roll[H4039].

3. And he said[H559] unto me[H1121], Son of man[H120], cause thy belly[H990] to eat[H398], and fill[H4390] thy bowels[H4578] with this roll[H4039] that I give[H5414] thee[H398]. Then did I eat it[H6310]; and it was in my mouth as honey[H1706] for sweetness[H4966].

4. And he said[H559] unto me[H1121], Son of man[H120], go[H3212], get[H935] thee unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and speak[H1696] with my words unto them[H1697].

5. For thou art not sent[H7971] to a people[H5971] of a strange[H6012] speech[H8193] and of a hard[H3515] language[H3956], but to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478];

6. not to many[H7227] peoples[H5971] of a strange[H6012] speech[H8193] and of a hard[H3515] language[H3956], whose words[H1697] thou canst not understand[H8085]. Surely[H7971], if I sent thee to them[H8085], they would hearken unto thee.

7. But the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] will[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto thee[H14]; for they will not hearken[H8085] unto me[H1004]: for all the house of Israel[H3478] are of hard forehead[H2389] and of a stiff heart[H7186].

8. Behold[H5414], I have made thy face[H6440] hard[H2389] against[H5980] their faces[H6440], and thy forehead[H4696] hard[H2389] against[H5980] their foreheads[H4696].

9. As an adamant[H8068] harder[H2389] than flint[H6864] have I made[H5414] thy forehead[H4696]: fear[H3372] them not[H2865], neither be dismayed at their looks[H6440], though they are a rebellious[H4805] house[H1004].

10. Moreover he said[H559] unto me[H1121], Son of man[H120], all my words[H1697] that I shall speak[H1696] unto thee receive[H3947] in thy heart[H3824], and hear[H8085] with thine ears[H241].

11. And go[H3212], get[H935] thee to them of the captivity[H1473], unto the children[H1121] of thy people[H5971], and speak[H1696] unto them[H559], and tell them[H559], Thus saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]; whether they will hear[H8085], or whether they will forbear[H2308].

12. Then the Spirit[H7307] lifted me up[H5375], and I heard[H8085] behind[H310] me the voice[H6963] of a great[H1419] rushing[H7494], saying[H1288], Blessed be the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] from his place[H4725].

13. And I heard the noise[H6963] of the wings[H3671] of the living creatures[H2416] as they touched[H5401] one[H802] another[H269], and the noise[H6963] of the wheels[H212] beside[H5980] them[H6963], even the noise of a great[H1419] rushing[H7494].

14. So the Spirit[H7307] lifted me up[H5375], and took me away[H3947]; and I went[H3212] in bitterness[H4751], in the heat[H2534] of my spirit[H7307]; and the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was strong upon me[H2388].

15. Then I came[H935] to them of the captivity[H1473] at Tel-abib[H8512], that dwelt[H3427] by the river[H5104] Chebar[H3529], and to where they dwelt[H3427]; and I sat[H3427] there[H3427] overwhelmed[H8074] among[H8432] them seven[H7651] days[H3117].

16. And it came to pass at the end[H7097] of seven[H7651] days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

17. Son[H1121] of man[H120], I have made[H5414] thee a watchman[H6822] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: therefore hear[H8085] the word[H1697] at my mouth[H6310], and give them warning from me[H2094].

18. When I say[H559] unto the wicked[H7563], Thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191]; and thou givest him not warning[H2094], nor speakest[H1696] to warn[H2094] the wicked[H7563] from his wicked[H7563] way[H1870], to save his life[H2421]; the same wicked[H7563] man shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771]; but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1245] at thy hand[H3027].

19. Yet if thou warn[H2094] the wicked[H7563], and he turn[H7725] not from his wickedness[H7562], nor from his wicked[H7563] way[H1870], he shall die[H4191] in his iniquity[H5771]; but thou hast delivered[H5337] thy soul[H5315].

20. Again[H7725], when a righteous[H6662] man doth turn[H7725] from his righteousness[H6664], and commit[H6213] iniquity[H5766], and I lay[H5414] a stumblingblock[H4383] before[H6440] him[H4191], he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning[H2094], he shall die[H4191] in his sin[H2403], and his righteous[H6666] deeds which he hath done[H6213] shall not be remembered[H2142]; but his blood[H1818] will I require[H1245] at thy hand[H3027].

21. Nevertheless if thou warn[H2094] the righteous[H6662] man[H6662], that the righteous sin[H2398] not[H2398], and he doth not sin, he shall surely[H2421] live[H2421], because he took warning[H2094]; and thou hast delivered[H5337] thy soul[H5315].

22. And the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was there upon me[H559]; and he said unto me[H6965], Arise, go forth[H3318] into the plain[H1237], and I will there talk with thee[H1696].

23. Then I arose[H6965], and went forth[H3318] into the plain[H1237]: and[H3519], behold, the glory of Jehovah[H3068] stood[H5975] there[H3519], as the glory which I saw[H7200] by the river[H5104] Chebar[H3529]; and I fell[H5307] on my face[H6440].

24. Then the Spirit[H7307] entered[H935] into me[H5975], and set me upon my feet[H7272]; and he spake[H1696] with me[H559], and said unto me[H935], Go, shut[H5462] thyself within[H8432] thy house[H1004].

25. But thou[H1121], son of man[H120], behold[H5414], they shall lay bands[H5688] upon thee[H631], and shall bind thee with them[H3318], and thou shalt not go out among them[H8432]:

26. and I will make thy tongue[H3956] cleave[H1692] to the roof of thy mouth[H2441], that thou shalt be dumb[H481], and shalt not be to them a reprover[H376]; for they are a rebellious[H4805] house[H1004].

27. But when I speak[H1696] with[H854] thee[H6605], I will open thy mouth[H6310], and thou shalt say[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: He that heareth[H8085], let him hear[H8085]; and he that forbeareth[H2310], let him forbear[H2308]: for they are a rebellious[H4805] house[H1004].