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    "content": "Ezechiel, Chapter 3 — 27 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "order": 31,
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  "citation": "Ezechiel 3 (Douay-Rheims)",
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    {
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book:",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 3,
      "text": "And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee, and I did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 5,
      "text": "For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint: fear them not, neither be thou dismayed at their presence: for they are a provoking house.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear, and will forbear.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "The noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying:",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a provoking house.",
      "citation": "Ezechiel 3:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
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