Ezekiel’s Call
Ezekiel 2:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- KJV
- And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.most…: Heb. rebellion
- WEB
- You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.
- ASV
- And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
- LSV
- and you have spoken My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refrain, for they [are] a rebellion.
- YLT
- And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.
- DBY
- And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are rebellious.
- DRC
- And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.
- GNV
- Therefore thou shalt speake my words vnto them: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease: for they are rebellious.
- JPS
- And thou shalt speak My words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
- LXXE
- And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֶת־דְּבָרַי֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אִֽם־יִשְׁמְע֖וּ וְאִם־יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ כִּ֥י מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ λαλήσεις τοὺς λόγους μου πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἐὰν ἆρα ἀκούσωσιν ἢ πτοηθῶσιν, ὅτι οἶκος παραπικραίνων ἐστί.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 2:5And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.
- Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Ezekiel 3:10“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
- Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
- Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Jonah 3:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- Jeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
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