Ezekiel 3:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He said to me,“Son of man, eat what you see in front of you– eat this scroll– and then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

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  • Ezek 2:8-9 : 8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.” 9 Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.
  • Rev 10:9-9 : 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me,“Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10 So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.
  • Jer 24:1-7 : 1 Good Figs and Bad Figs The LORD showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim’s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah from Jerusalem, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten. 3 The LORD said to me,“What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered,“I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.” 4 The LORD’s message came to me, 5 “I, the LORD, the God of Israel, say:‘The exiles of Judah whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon are like those good figs. I consider them to be good. 6 I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them. 7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the LORD. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’
  • Ezek 2:3 : 3 He said to me,“Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.
  • Ezek 3:10-11 : 10 And he said to me,“Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully. 11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.
  • Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me. 18 When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. 20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”
  • 1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

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  • Ezek 3:2-4
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    2So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll.

    3He said to me,“Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you.” So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.

    4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

  • Ezek 2:8-9
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    8As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

    9Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

  • Ezek 2:1-3
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    1Ezekiel’s Commission He said to me,“Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

    2As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me.

    3He said to me,“Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.

  • Ezek 3:10-11
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    10And he said to me,“Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

    11Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

  • Rev 10:8-10
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    8Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again,“Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

    9So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me,“Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

    10So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    73%

    1The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

  • Ezek 4:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15So he said to me,“All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

    16Then he said to me,“Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

  • Ezek 11:4
    73%

    4Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”

  • Ezek 3:22
    72%

    22Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”

  • Ezek 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 40:4
    72%

    4The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

  • Ezek 13:1
    72%

    1False Prophets Denounced Then the LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 3:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16At the end of seven days the LORD’s message came to me:

    17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

  • Ezek 33:23
    72%

    23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 22:1
    72%

    1The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 12:17-18
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    17The LORD’s message came to me:

    18“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

  • Ezek 6:1
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    1Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 3:24
    71%

    24Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The LORD spoke to me and said,“Go shut yourself in your house.

  • Ezek 12:1
    71%

    1Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 4:9
    71%

    9“As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, put them in a single container, and make food from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side– 390 days– you will eat it.

  • Jer 13:3
    70%

    3Then the LORD’s message came to me again,

  • Ezek 34:1
    70%

    1A Prophecy Against False Shepherds The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 14:12
    70%

    12The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 30:1
    70%

    1A Lament Over Egypt The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 14:2
    70%

    2The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Zech 5:1
    70%

    1Vision Six: The Flying Scroll Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

  • Ezek 35:1
    70%

    1Prophecy Against Mount Seir The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 22:17
    70%

    17The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 37:15
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    15The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 37:1
    70%

    1The Valley of Dry Bones The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

  • Ezek 18:1
    70%

    1Individual Retribution The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

  • Ezek 31:1
    70%

    1A Cedar in Lebanon In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 12:9
    70%

    9“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you,‘What are you doing?’

  • Ezek 33:1
    70%

    1Ezekiel Israel’s Watchman The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 16:19
    69%

    19As for my food that I gave you– the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you– you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 7:1
    69%

    1The End Arrives The LORD’s message came to me: