Verse 1

He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel."

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  • Ezek 2:8-9 : 8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like this rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you. 9 I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me, and in it was a scroll.
  • Rev 10:9-9 : 9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, 'Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth, it will be sweet as honey.' 10 I took the small scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
  • Jer 24:1-7 : 1 The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. This happened after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers, from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket contained very good figs, like early-ripened figs, while the other basket contained very bad figs so bad they could not be eaten. 3 Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I answered, "Figs. The good figs are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 5 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: "As with these good figs, so I will regard with favor the exiles of Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans, for their good. 6 I will watch over them with care and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
  • Ezek 2:3 : 3 He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.
  • Ezek 3:10-11 : 10 And he said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all the words I speak to you and listen closely with your ears." 11 Go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' whether they listen or refuse to listen.
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv who were living by the Kebar River, and I sat among them for seven days, stunned and overwhelmed by their presence.
  • Ezek 3:17-21 : 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 warning from Me. 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself. 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 21 But if you warn a righteous person not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he heeded the warning, and you will have saved yourself.
  • 1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.