Ezekiel 3 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, quodcumque inveneris, comede: comede volumen istud, et vadens loquere ad filios Israël.
1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
2 Et aperui os meum, et cibavit me volumine illo:
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
3 et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, venter tuus comedet, et viscera tua complebuntur volumine isto quod ego do tibi. Et comedi illud, et factum est in ore meo sicut mel dulce.
3 He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, vade ad domum Israël, et loqueris verba mea ad eos.
4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
5 Non enim ad populum profundi sermonis et ignotæ linguæ tu mitteris ad domum Israël:
5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
6 neque ad populos multos profundi sermonis et ignotæ linguæ, quorum non possis audire sermones: et si ad illos mittereris, ipsi audirent te:
6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
7 domus autem Israël nolunt audire te, quia nolunt audire me: omnis quippe domus Israël attrita fronte est, et duro corde.
7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
8 Ecce dedi faciem tuam valentiorem faciebus eorum, et frontem tuam duriorem frontibus eorum:
8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
9 ut adamantem et ut silicem dedi faciem tuam: ne timeas eos, neque metuas a facie eorum, quia domus exasperans est.
9 I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
10 Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, omnes sermones meos quos ego loquor ad te, assume in corde tuo, et auribus tuis audi:
10 Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.
11 et vade, ingredere ad transmigrationem, ad filios populi tui, et loqueris ad eos: et dices eis: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: si forte audiant et quiescant.
11 Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.”
12 Et assumpsit me spiritus, et audivi post me vocem commotionis magnæ: Benedicta gloria Domini de loco suo:
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”
13 et vocem alarum animalium percutientium alteram ad alteram, et vocem rotarum sequentium animalia, et vocem commotionis magnæ.
13 I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
14 Spiritus quoque levavit me, et assumpsit me: et abii amarus in indignatione spiritus mei: manus enim Domini erat mecum, confortans me.
14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
15 Et veni ad transmigrationem, ad acervum novarum frugum, ad eos qui habitabant juxta flumen Chobar: et sedi ubi illi sedebant, et mansi ibi septem diebus mœrens in medio eorum.
15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
16 Cum autem pertransissent septem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
16 At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
17 Fili hominis, speculatorem dedi te domui Israël, et audies de ore meo verbum, et annuntiabis eis ex me.
17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
18 Si, dicente me ad impium: Morte morieris, non annuntiaveris ei, neque locutus fueris ut avertatur a via sua impia et vivat, ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur, sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram.
18 When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
19 Si autem tu annuntiaveris impio, et ille non fuerit conversus ab impietate sua et a via sua impia, ipse quidem in iniquitate sua morietur: tu autem animam tuam liberasti.
19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.”
20 Sed et si conversus justus a justitia sua fuerit, et fecerit iniquitatem, ponam offendiculum coram eo: ipse morietur quia non annuntiasti ei. In peccato suo morietur, et non erunt in memoria justitiæ ejus quas fecit: sanguinem vero ejus de manu tua requiram.
20 “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.
21 Si autem tu annuntiaveris justo ut non peccet justus, et ille non peccaverit, vivens vivet, quia annuntiasti ei, et tu animam tuam liberasti.
21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”
22 Et facta est super me manus Domini, et dixit ad me: Surgens egredere in campum, et ibi loquar tecum.
22 Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there.”
23 Et surgens egressus sum in campum: et ecce ibi gloria Domini stabat, quasi gloria quam vidi juxta fluvium Chobar: et cecidi in faciem meam.
23 Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.
24 Et ingressus est in me spiritus, et statuit me super pedes meos, et locutus est mihi, et dixit ad me: Ingredere, et includere in medio domus tuæ.
24 Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25 Et tu, fili hominis, ecce data sunt super te vincula, et ligabunt te in eis, et non egredieris de medio eorum.
25 But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.
26 Et linguam tuam adhærere faciam palato tuo, et eris mutus, nec quasi vir objurgans, quia domus exasperans est.
26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.
27 Cum autem locutus fuero tibi, aperiam os tuum, et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Qui audit, audiat, et qui quiescit, quiescat: quia domus exasperans est.
27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”
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 …
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