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Ezekiel 2:7

"But you shall speak My words to them whether they will listen or refuse [to listen], for they are [most] rebellious.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Speak the Word;   Word;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Prophecy, prophet;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Inspiration of Scripture;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Seraphim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Roll;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azmaveth (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
King James Version
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
English Standard Version
And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.
New American Standard Bible
"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
New Century Version
But speak my words to them. They may listen, or they may not, because they turn against me.
World English Bible
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thou shalt speake my words vnto them: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease: for they are rebellious.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
Legacy Standard Bible
But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
Berean Standard Bible
But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
Contemporary English Version
and preach my message to them, whether they choose to listen or not.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to speak my words to them, whether they listen or not, for they are very rebellious.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are rebellious.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must tell them what I say, whether they listen or not. They are people who usually refuse to listen!
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall speak my words to them; perhaps they will listen and tremble; for they are a rebellious house.
Good News Translation
You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.
Lexham English Bible
And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious.
Literal Translation
And you shall speak My Words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, for they are rebellious.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them, whether they be obediet or not, for they are obstinate.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt speak My words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt speake my words vnto them, whether they will heare or whether they will forbeare, for they are most rebellious.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them, whether they wyll heare or refuse, for they are rebellious.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thou schalt speke my wordis to hem, if perauenture thei heren, and resten, for thei ben terreris to wraththe.
Update Bible Version
And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are in rebellion.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
New English Translation
You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
New King James Version
You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
New Living Translation
You must give them my messages whether they listen or not. But they won't listen, for they are completely rebellious!
New Life Bible
You must speak My words to them if they listen or not, for they do not obey Me.
New Revised Standard
You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt therefore speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear For perverse, they are!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.

Contextual Overview

6"And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words; though briars and thorns are all around you and you sit among scorpions, neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. 7"But you shall speak My words to them whether they will listen or refuse [to listen], for they are [most] rebellious.8"As for you, son of man, listen to what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I am giving you." 9Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out toward me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. 10And He spread it before me, and it was written on the front and on the back, and written on it were [words of] lamentation (funeral songs) and mourning and woe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Ezekiel 3:10, Ezekiel 3:17, Jeremiah 1:7, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 26:2, Jonah 3:2, Matthew 28:20

whether: Ezekiel 2:5

most rebellious: Heb. rebellion

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:29 - speak Exodus 8:1 - Go Numbers 9:8 - I will 2 Chronicles 18:13 - even what my God Job 36:2 - I have yet to speak Psalms 40:10 - not hid Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled Jeremiah 1:8 - not afraid Jeremiah 15:10 - a man Jeremiah 15:19 - let them Jeremiah 17:20 - General Jeremiah 23:22 - if Jeremiah 34:6 - General Jeremiah 36:14 - took Jeremiah 38:21 - this is Jeremiah 42:4 - whatsoever Jeremiah 42:21 - I have Jeremiah 44:24 - Hear Ezekiel 3:4 - General Ezekiel 3:11 - speak Ezekiel 11:5 - Speak Ezekiel 11:25 - General Ezekiel 14:4 - speak Ezekiel 20:27 - speak Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt Ezekiel 40:4 - behold Jonah 1:2 - cry Mark 12:14 - carest Acts 4:11 - you Acts 26:19 - I was not

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15
So the LORD God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper [that was] suitable (a companion) for him.
Genesis 2:21
So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
Numbers 16:22
But they fell on their faces [before the LORD], and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?"
Numbers 27:16
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
Job 4:19
'How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, Whose foundations are in the dust, Who are crushed like a moth.
Job 27:3
As long as my life is within me, And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall speak my words unto them,.... Not his own words, but those the Lord should put into his mouth. The Targum is,

"and thou shall prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them:''

whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear;

:-;

for they are most rebellious; or "rebellion" c itself; as the carnal mind is said to be "enmity" itself against God, Romans 8:7; which aggravates their character and state.

c מרי המה "rebellio ipsi", Montanus, Polanus, Starckius; "inobedientia sunt", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 2:7. Whether they will hear — Whether they receive the message, or persecute thee for it, declare it to them, that they may be without excuse.


 
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