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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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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

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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