Ezekiel · Majority Standard Bible
Ezekiel 3 Majority Standard Bible
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1 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house 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 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.
2 Y abrí mi boca, é hízome comer aquel rollo.
3 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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 said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
4 Díjome luego: Hijo del hombre, ve y entra á la casa de Israel, y habla á ellos con mis palabras.
5 For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
5 Porque no eres enviado á pueblo de habla profunda ni de lengua difícil, sino á la casa de Israel.
6 not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, 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 house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed 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 Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
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 forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
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, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
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, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
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 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
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 of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
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 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon 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 came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
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 At the end of seven days the word of 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 made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from 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 If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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 a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.
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 Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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 But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
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 And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
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 out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
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 entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
24 Entonces entró espíritu en mí, y afirmóme sobre mis pies, y hablóme, y díjome: Entra, y enciérrate dentro de tu casa.
25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot 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 will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
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 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
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)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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 …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)