Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 3:3

Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Then methought, I did eat up that roll; and, though it were written within and without with lamentations, yet, in my mouth,

Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

Behold, I have given thee boldness and courage, to bear up against their strong oppositions; so as thou shalt not be daunted with their outfaeings.

Ezekiel 3:9

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead.

Yea, I have put an invincible courage into thee, so as no force of theirs shall be able to prevail against thee.

Ezekiel 3:12

Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

Blessed be the name, and praised be the glory of the Son of God, who sits upon this throne of Majesty.

Ezekiel 3:13

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.

And I heard the noise of the wings of those angels, which I saw, and the noise of those wheels, which were moved by them, in an applause or acclamation to that praise and celebration of the name of Christ, as that wherein all creatures conspire.

Ezekiel 3:14

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.

So the Spirit of God lifted me up from the ground, on which I lay; and removed me from that place, separating me also, for the time, from the common society of men; and I went away very heavy and pensive, and much troubled in my spirit, for the sad purport of this vision; but the power of God’s Spirit was forcible and prevalent with me, so as I was not too much dejected, either with that fearful apparition or that grievous errand.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: &c.

Again, when a man, that carries himself as righteous and is in his whole course inoffensive, doth turn away from that his holy profession and give himself over to a trade of wickedness, and I meet with him in that sinful course and surprise him with my judgments, he shall die, &c. Those good actions, which he hath formerly done, and his forepast holy carriage, shall not be so respected, as to keep him from just condemnation; &c.

Ezekiel 3:23

And, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar.

And, behold, there it pleased God to give me a representation of his glorious presence, as before when I was by the river Chebar.

Ezekiel 3:25

They shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them.

Their wickedness shall tie up thy tongue, and cause thee to keep close from them.

Ezekiel 3:26

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.

I will impose silence upon thee for a judgment to them, so as thou shalt not reprove their misdeeds any more.

Ezekiel 3:27

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.

But when I renew my commission to thee and bid thee to speak, I will then give thee a freedom of speech unto them, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord: whether they hear thee or hear thee not, it is all one to thee; do thou thy duty, and it sufficeth.