1This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking. And he said to me: “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.”

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Daniel 10:11, Daniel 10:11, Ezekiel 4:1, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 4:1

2And after this was spoken to me, the Spirit entered into me, and he set me on my feet. And I heard him speaking to me,

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Ezekiel 3:24, Ezekiel 3:24, Ezekiel 3:12, Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26

3and saying: “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to an apostate nation, which has withdrawn from me. They and their fathers have betrayed my covenant, even to this day.

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Jeremiah 3:25, Jeremiah 3:25, 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:8, 1 Samuel 8:7

4And those to whom I am sending you are sons with a hard face and an unyielding heart. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

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Ezekiel 3:7, Ezekiel 3:7, Psalms 95:8, Isaiah 48:4, Jeremiah 6:15

5Perhaps it may be that they will hear, and perhaps they may be quieted. For they are a provoking house. And they shall know that there has been a prophet in their midst.

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Ezekiel 33:33, Ezekiel 33:33, Ezekiel 3:27, Ezekiel 3:27, John 15:22

6But as for you, son of man, you should not fear them, and you should not dread their words. For you are among unbelievers and subversives, and you are living with scorpions. You should not fear their words, and you should not dread their faces. For they are a provoking house.

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Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:8, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:12, 2 Timothy 1:7

7Therefore, you shall speak my words to them, so that perhaps they may hear and be quieted. For they are provoking.

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Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 1:7, Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 3:17

8But as for you, son of man, listen to all that I say to you. And do not choose to be provoking, as that house is a provoker. Open your mouth, and eat whatever I give to you.”

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Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:9, Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 15:16, Isaiah 50:5

9And I looked, and behold: a hand was put forth toward me; there was a scroll rolled up in it. And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes.

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Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 8:3, Revelation 10:8, Revelation 10:11, Revelation 5:1