Ezekiel 3 Free Bible Version
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1 “Son of man,” he told me, “eat what you find placed before you. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the people of Israel.”
1 Y DÍJOME: Hijo del hombre, come lo que hallares; come este rollo, y ve y habla á la casa de Israel.
2 I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
2 Y abrí mi boca, é hízome comer aquel rollo.
3 “Son of man,” he said to me, “eat and fill yourself up with this scroll I'm giving you.” So I ate the scroll, and it tasted as sweet as honey.
3 Y díjome: Hijo del hombre, haz á tu vientre que coma, é hinche tus entrañas de este rollo que yo te doy. Y comílo, y fué en mi boca dulce como miel.
4 Then he told me, “Son of man, now you are to go to the people of Israel and give my message to them.
4 Díjome luego: Hijo del hombre, ve y entra á la casa de Israel, y habla á ellos con mis palabras.
5 I'm not sending you to those whose language is foreign to you, to people that you don't know—but to the people of Israel.
5 Porque no eres enviado á pueblo de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, sino á la casa de Israel.
6 As I say, I'm not sending you to those whose language is foreign to you, to people that you don't know, whose words you don't understand. On the other hand, if I had sent you to foreigners, they would have listened to you.
6 No á muchos pueblos de profunda habla ni de lengua difícil, cuyas palabras no entiendas; y si á ellos te enviara, ellos te oyeran.
7 But the people of Israel won't want to listen to you, because they don't want to listen to me. All the Israelites are strong-minded and hard-hearted.
7 Mas la casa de Israel no te querrán oir, porque no me quieren oir á mí: porque toda la casa de Israel son tiesos de frente, y duros de corazón.
8 Look! I'm going to make you as tough as them, and as strong-minded as them.
8 He aquí he hecho yo tu rostro fuerte contra los rostros de ellos, y tu frente fuerte contra su frente.
9 I will make your mind like adamant, harder than flint. Don't be afraid of what they say or discouraged by the way they look at you, even though they are a rebellious people.”
9 Como diamante, más fuerte que pedernal he hecho tu frente; no los temas, ni tengas miedo delante de ellos, porque es casa rebelde.
10 “Son of man,” he added, “pay close attention to everything I tell you, and think deeply about it yourself.
10 Y díjome: Hijo del hombre, toma en tu corazón todas mis palabras que yo te hablaré, y oye con tus oídos.
11 Go to your people who are in exile. Tell them this is what the Lord God says, whether they listen or not.”
11 Y ve, y entra á los trasportados, á los hijos de tu pueblo, y les hablarás y les dirás: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová; escuchen, ó dejen de escuchar.
12 The Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a really loud noise behind me that sounded like an earthquake. (Praise to the Lord's glory where he lives!)
12 Y levantóme el espíritu, y oí detrás de mí una voz de grande estruendo, [que decía]: Bendita sea la gloria de Jehová desde su lugar.
13 It was the sound made by the wings of the beings as they brushed against each other and the noise made by the wheels next to them, a really loud noise that sounded like an earthquake.
13 [Oí] también el sonido de las alas de los animales que se juntaban la una con la otra, y el sonido de las ruedas delante de ellos, y sonido de grande estruendo.
14 As I said, the Spirit lifted me up and carried me away. As I went I was feeling upset and angry; however the Lord's power had taken full control of me.
14 Levantóme pues el espíritu, y me tomó; y fuí en amargura, en la indignación de mi espíritu: mas la mano de Jehová era fuerte sobre mí.
15 I arrived at the place where the exiles lived, Tel-abib by the River Kebar. I just sat with them, staying with them there for seven days. I was completely overcome with emotion.
15 Y vine á los trasportados en Telabib, que moraban junto al río de Chebar, y asenté donde ellos estaban asentados, y allí permanecí siete días atónito entre ellos.
16 After the seven days had passed, a message from the Lord came to me, saying,
16 Y aconteció que al cabo de los siete días fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
17 “Son of man, I have chosen you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Whenever I give you a message, then you must warn them for me.
17 Hijo del hombre, yo te he puesto por atalaya á la casa de Israel: oirás pues tú la palabra de mi boca, y amonestarlos has de mi parte.
18 For example, if I give a warning to someone who's wicked, saying, ‘You are going to die for sure,’ but you don't warn them, if you don't speak out to warn them to stop their wicked ways so they can go on living, then that wicked person will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their death.
18 Cuando yo dijere al impío: De cierto morirás: y tú no le amonestares, ni le hablares, para que el impío sea apercibido de su mal camino, á fin de que viva, el impío morirá por su maldad, mas su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
19 But if you warn them, and they don't stop their wicked ways, they will die in their sins, but you will have saved yourself—you won't die.
19 Y si tú amonestares al impío, y él no se convirtiere de su impiedad, y de su mal camino, él morirá por su maldad, y tú habrás librado tu alma.
20 Again, if someone who lives right stops doing so and sins and disregards my attempts to correct them, then they will die. If you didn't warn them, they will die in their sins, and the good things they did won't be remembered. In addition, I will hold you responsible for their death.
20 Y cuando el justo se apartare de su justicia, é hiciere maldad, y pusiere yo tropiezo delante de él, él morirá, porque tú no le amonestaste; en su pecado morirá, y sus justicias que había hecho no vendrán en memoria; mas su sangre demandaré de tu mano.
21 However, if you warn those who are living right not to sin, and they don't sin, they will live for sure, because they paid attention to your warning, and you will have saved yourself—you won't die.”
21 Y si al justo amonestares para que el justo no peque, y no pecare, de cierto vivirá, porque fué amonestado; y tú habrás librado tu alma.
22 The Lord's power took control of me there, and he told me, “Get up! Go to the valley, and I will talk to you there.”
22 Y fué allí la mano de Jehová sobre mí, y díjome: Levántate, y sal al campo, y allí hablaré contigo.
23 So I got up and went to the valley, and there I saw the Lord's glory. It was like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown on the ground.
23 Y levantéme, y salí al campo: y he aquí que allí estaba la gloria de Jehová, como la gloria que había visto junto al río de Chebar: y caí sobre mi rostro.
24 Then the Spirit came into me and made me stand upright. He told me, “Go into your house and shut the door.
24 Entonces entró espíritu en mí, y afirmóme sobre mis pies, y hablóme, y díjome: Entra, y enciérrate dentro de tu casa.
25 You will be tied up with ropes, son of man. You will be bound so that you won't be able to go out among the people.
25 Y tú, oh hijo del hombre, he aquí que pondrán sobre ti cuerdas, y con ellas te ligarán, y no saldrás entre ellos.
26 I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth. You won't be able to speak and complain to them, even though they are a rebellious people.
26 Y haré se pegue tu lengua á tu paladar, y estarás mudo, y no serás á ellos varón que reprende: porque son casa rebelde.
27 However, when I talk with you, I will open your mouth so you can tell them that this is what the Lord God says. Those who want to listen will listen, and those who want to refuse will refuse, for they are a rebellious people.”
27 Mas cuando yo te hubiere hablado, abriré tu boca, y les dirás: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: El que oye, oiga; y el que cesa, cese: porque casa rebelde son.
Cross references (27)
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- 1 Revelation 10:9–10; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Ezekiel 2:8–9; 1 Timothy 4:15; Ezekiel 3:15
- 2 Jeremiah 25:17; Acts 26:19
- 3 Jeremiah 15:16; Revelation 10:9–10; Psalm 119:103; Psalm 19:10; Proverbs 2:10–11
- 4 Matthew 15:24; Acts 1:8; Matthew 10:5–6; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11
- 5 Jonah 1:2; Isaiah 33:19; Ezekiel 3:6; Jonah 3:2–4; Isaiah 28:11
- 6 Matthew 11:20–24; Jonah 3:5–10; Matthew 12:41–42; Romans 9:30–33; Luke 11:30–32
- 7 Luke 10:16; 1 Samuel 8:7; John 15:20–24; Ezekiel 2:4; Jeremiah 44:16
- 8 Jeremiah 1:18; Acts 7:51–56; Micah 3:8; Hebrews 11:27; Exodus 11:4–8
- 9 Ezekiel 2:6; Jeremiah 1:8; Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 41:10; Zechariah 7:12
- 10 Job 22:22; Psalm 119:11; Luke 8:15; Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 3:1–3
- 11 Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 33:2; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 33:17
- 12 Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 8:3; Acts 2:2; Ezekiel 11:1; 1 Kings 18:12
- 13 Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 10:16–17; Ezekiel 10:5; Ezekiel 1:15; 2 Samuel 5:24
- 14 2 Kings 3:15; Jeremiah 20:7–9; Ezekiel 37:1; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 1:3
- 15 Psalm 137:1; Job 2:13; Ezekiel 1:1; Genesis 50:10; Habakkuk 3:16
- 16 Jeremiah 42:7
- 17 Hebrews 13:17; 2 Chronicles 19:10; Isaiah 52:8; Colossians 1:28; Jeremiah 6:17
- 18 Ezekiel 33:6; James 5:19–20; Ezekiel 3:20; Acts 20:26–27; Ezekiel 33:8–10
- 19 Ezekiel 33:9; Ezekiel 14:20; 1 Timothy 4:16; Hebrews 12:25; Ezekiel 14:14
- 20 Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:12–13; Ezekiel 18:26; Hebrews 10:38; Ezekiel 3:18
- 21 1 Timothy 4:16; James 5:20; 1 Corinthians 4:14; Proverbs 9:9; Titus 2:15
- 22 Acts 9:6; Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 37:1; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14
- 23 Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 1:17; Acts 7:55; Numbers 16:42; Daniel 8:17
- 24 Ezekiel 2:2; Daniel 10:19; Daniel 10:8–10; Ezekiel 37:10; Ezekiel 4:1–4
- 25 Ezekiel 4:8; Acts 20:23; Acts 21:11–13; Acts 9:16; John 21:18
- 26 Ezekiel 24:27; Luke 1:20–22; Psalm 51:15; Micah 3:6–7; Amos 8:11–12
- 27 Ezekiel 12:2–3; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 29:21; Ezekiel 33:32
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That watchman, "got out from thence," to whom it was I said, "I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel." For it was told him "If thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his way, that wicked one shall die in his iniquity, and thou shalt deliver thy soul." This if …
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… have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel." For it was told him "If thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his way, that wicked one shall die in his iniquity, and thou shalt deliver thy soul." This if he do, he "goes out from him," not by a bodily separation, but …
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