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And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
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And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. I ate it and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
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Then he said unto me, Son of man, go and enter into the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
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For thou
art not sent to a people of a profound speech nor of a hard language,
but to the house of Israel;
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not to many peoples of profound speech nor of hard language, whose words thou can not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
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But the house of Israel will not desire to hear; for they do not desire to hear me: for all the house of Israel
are impudent and hardhearted.
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Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
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As diamond harder than flint I have made thy forehead: do not fear them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they
are a rebellious house.
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.