Ezekiel 11:4

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Ezekiel 11:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

3 They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”

5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.

6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

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Ezekiel 3:3

“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.

Ezekiel 3:4

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Ezekiel 3:5

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Ezekiel 3:6

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Ezekiel 3:7

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Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

Ezekiel 3:9

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Ezekiel 3:10

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Ezekiel 3:12

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Ezekiel 3:13

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Ezekiel 3:14

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.

Ezekiel 3:15

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Ezekiel 3:17

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Ezekiel 3:18

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.

Ezekiel 3:19

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.

Ezekiel 3:20

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Ezekiel 3:21

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Ezekiel 20:47

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Ezekiel 21:2

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