{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:20:45.924Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll."},{"verseNumber":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 <i>it</i>; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness."},{"verseNumber":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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For thou <i>art</i> not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, <i>but</i> to the house of Israel;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee."},{"verseNumber":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 <i>are</i> impudent and hardhearted."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they <i>be</i> a rebellious house."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears."},{"verseNumber":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 GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, <i>saying</i>, Blessed <i>be</i> the glory of the LORD from his place."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"<i>I heard</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":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."},{"verseNumber":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 <i>man</i> shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."},{"verseNumber":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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Again, When a righteous <i>man</i> 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 righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous <i>man</i>, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:"},{"verseNumber":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 <i>are</i> a rebellious house."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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: for they <i>are</i> a rebellious house."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}