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Ezekiel 3:17-21
The Lord said,“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.Suppose I say to a sinful person,‘ You can be sure you will die.’ And you do not warn them. You do not try to get them to change their evil ways in order to save their life. Then that sinful person will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn that sinful person. And they do not turn away from their sin or their evil ways. Then they will die because they have sinned. But you will have saved yourself.“ Or suppose a godly person turns away from their godliness and does what is evil. And suppose I put something in their way that will trip them up. Then they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The godly things that person did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn a godly person not to sin. And they do not sin. Then you can be sure that they will live because they listened to your warning. And you will have saved yourself.”
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Ezekiel 3:2-15
So I opened my mouth. And he gave me the scroll to eat.Then he said to me,“ Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you. Fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it. And it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.Then he said to me,“ Son of man, go to the people of Israel. Give them my message.I am not sending you to people who speak another language that is hard to learn. Instead, I am sending you to the people of Israel.You are not being sent to many nations whose people speak other languages that are hard to learn. You would not be able to understand them. Suppose I had sent you to them. Then they certainly would have listened to you.But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.But I will make you just as stubborn as they are.I will make you very brave. So do not be afraid of them. Do not let them terrify you, even though they refuse to obey me.”He continued,“ Son of man, listen carefully. Take to heart everything I tell you.Go now to your own people who were brought here as prisoners. Speak to them. Tell them,‘ Here is what the Lord and King says.’ Speak to them whether they listen or not.”Then the Spirit of the Lord lifted me up. I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me. The sound was made when the glory of the Lord rose up. It rose up from the place it had been standing.The sound was made by the wings of the living creatures. They were brushing against one another. The sound was also made by the wheels beside them. It was a loud rumbling sound.Then the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. My spirit was bitter. I was very angry. The power of the Lord was on me.I came to my people who had been brought as prisoners to Tel Aviv. It was near the Kebar River. I went to where they were living. There I sat among them for seven days. I was very sad and scared about everything that had happened.
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Hosea 6:5
So I used the words of my prophets to cut you in pieces. I used my words to put you to death. Then my judgments blazed out like the sun.
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Ezekiel 20:46-47
“ Son of man, turn your attention to Judah in the south. Preach against it. Prophesy against its forests.Tell them,‘ Listen to the Lord’ s message. The Lord and King says,“ I am about to set you on fire. The fire will destroy all your trees. It will burn down green trees and dry trees alike. The blazing flame will not be put out. The faces of everyone from south to north will be burned by it.
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Ezekiel 25:2
“ Son of man, turn your attention to the Ammonites. Prophesy against them.
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Isaiah 58:1
The Lord told me,“ Shout out loud. Do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people that they have refused to obey me. Tell the family of Jacob how much they have sinned.
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Ezekiel 21:2
“ Son of man, turn your attention to Jerusalem. Preach against the temple. Prophesy against the land of Israel.
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Hosea 8:1
The Lord said to me,“ Put a trumpet to your lips! Give a warning to my people! Assyria is like an eagle. It is ready to attack my land. My people have broken the covenant I made with them. They have refused to obey my law.
