Ezekiel 3:9-17

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them or discouraged by the look on their faces, though they are a rebellious house.”

¹⁰ Next he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully to all my words that I speak to you and take them to heart. ¹¹ Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”^(A)

¹² The Spirit then lifted me up,^(B) and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me—bless the glory of the Lord in his place!— ¹³ with the^[a] sound of the living creatures’ wings brushing against each other^(C) and the sound of the wheels beside them,^(D) a loud rumbling sound. ¹⁴ The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.^{(E) 15} I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.^(F)

Ezekiel as a Watchman

¹⁶ Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:^{(G) 17} “Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel.^(H) When you hear a word from my mouth, give them a warning from me.^(I)