Ezekiel's Call

Ezekiel 2

1 And he said to me, c "Son of man, 1 d stand on your feet, and I will speak with you." 2 And as he spoke to me, e the Spirit entered into me and f set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to g nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. h They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. 4 The descendants also are i impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' 5 And j whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are g a rebellious house) k they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 And you, son of man, l be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, m though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on n scorpions. 2 Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak my words to them, j whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

8 "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. o Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and p eat what I give you." 9 And when I looked, behold, q a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, r a scroll of a book was in it. 10 And he spread it before me. And it had writing s on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Ezekiel 3

1 And he said to me, c "Son of man, eat whatever you find here. t Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it." u Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth v as sweet as honey.

4 And he said to me, w "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel - 6 not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. x Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. 7 y But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel z have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8 a Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like b emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. c Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house." 10 Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, d all my words that I shall speak to you receive e in your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go to the exiles, f to your people, and speak to them and say to them, g 'Thus says the Lord God,' h whether they hear or refuse to hear."

12 i Then the Spirit 3 lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice 4 of j a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!" 13 It was the sound of the wings of k the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of l a great earthquake. 14 m The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the n hand of the Lord being strong upon me. 15 o And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling o by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. 5 And p I sat there q overwhelmed among them r seven days.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, eat whatever yo...
    Ezekiel 3:3 - 4
    And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly...
    Ezekiel 3:17
    Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the ...
    Ezekiel 3:25
    And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be pl...
    Ezekiel 4:1
    And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it be...
    Ezekiel 4:16
    Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I...
    Ezekiel 5:1
    And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. Use ...
  2. Cross References
    Daniel 10:11
    And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:24
    But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself within your house.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:24
    But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself within your house.
    Daniel 8:18
    And when he had spoken to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:5 - 6
    And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
    Ezekiel 2:8
    "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you."
    Ezekiel 3:26
    And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
    Ezekiel 24:3
    And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also.
    Ezekiel 44:6
    And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:16
    Because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
    Ezekiel 20:18
    And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
    Ezekiel 20:21
    But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:7
    But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:11
    And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God,' whether they hear or refuse to hear.
    Ezekiel 3:27
    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
    Ezekiel 17:12
    Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:3
    And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:33
    When this comes - and come it will! - then they will know that a prophet has been among them.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:9
    Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
    Jeremiah 1:8
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:24
    And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
    2 Samuel 23:6
    But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be taken with the hand.
    Micah 7:4
    The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:15
    Who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:5
    And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 50:5
    The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.
  16. Cross References
    Revelation 10:9
    So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, "Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
    Ezekiel 3:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 3:3
    And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it." Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:3
    He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
    Daniel 10:10
    And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
    Revelation 10:2
    He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:2
    Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
  19. Cross References
    Revelation 5:1
    Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:8
    "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you."
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 15:16
    Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
    Revelation 10:9 - 10
    So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, "Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 19:10
    More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
    Psalms 119:103
    How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  25. Cross References
    Matthew 11:21
    Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
    Matthew 11:23
    And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  26. Cross References
    John 15:20
    Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:4
    The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:18
    And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 50:7
    But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:6
    And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:2
    Thus says the Lord : Stand in the court of the Lord 's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:3
    And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it." Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:2
    Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman.
    Ezekiel 33:12
    And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
    Ezekiel 33:17
    Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.
    Ezekiel 33:30
    "As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.'
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:27
    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:7
    And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:3
    He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
    Ezekiel 11:1
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
    Ezekiel 11:24
    And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
    Ezekiel 43:5
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
    Ezekiel 37:1
    The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:24
    And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the sound of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:5
    And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness.
    Ezekiel 1:15
    Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:24
    And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the sound of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:3
    He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
    Ezekiel 11:1
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
    Ezekiel 11:24
    And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
    Ezekiel 43:5
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
    Ezekiel 37:1
    The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:3
    The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:1
    In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:1
    In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  44. Cross References
    Job 2:13
    And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
    Psalms 137:1
    By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  45. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:17
    I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
    Isaiah 52:14
    As many were astonished at you - his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind -
    Jeremiah 14:9
    Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.
  46. Cross References
    Genesis 50:10
    When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
    1 Samuel 31:13
    And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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