Ezekiel 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

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  • Ezek 33:33 : 33 And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.
  • Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • Ezek 2:7 : 7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
  • Matt 10:12-15 : 12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house. 13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you. 14 And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet. 15 Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
  • Luke 10:10-12 : 10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say, 11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near. 12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • 2 Cor 2:15-17 : 15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction; 16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things? 17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
  • Ezek 3:10-11 : 10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them. 11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
  • Ezek 3:19 : 19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
  • Ezek 33:9 : 9 But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 2:6-8
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    85%

    6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

    7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

    8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.

  • Ezek 3:26-27
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    80%

    26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

    27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Ezek 2:3-4
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    3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.

    4 And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

  • Ezek 3:9-11
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    78%

    9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

    10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

    11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

  • Ezek 33:32-33
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    32 And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.

    33 And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.

  • Ezek 12:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

    3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Ezek 3:4-7
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    4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

    5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

    6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

    7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

  • Ezek 12:9-10
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    72%

    9 Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

    10 You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.

  • Jer 7:27
    72%

    27 And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

  • Mic 2:6
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    6 Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

  • Ezek 12:25
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    25 For I am the Lord; I will say the word and what I say I will do; it will not be put off: for in your days, O uncontrolled people, I will say the word and do it, says the Lord.

  • Jer 6:18
    71%

    18 So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

  • Jer 28:7
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    7 But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people:

  • 2 Chr 24:19
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    19 And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

  • Isa 30:9
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    9 For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:

  • Ezek 11:4-5
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    71%

    4 For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.

    5 And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.

  • Hos 5:2
    71%

    2 They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.

  • Jer 6:10
    71%

    10 To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

  • Ezek 3:17
    71%

    17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

  • Jer 5:13
    71%

    13 And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

  • Jer 5:15
    71%

    15 See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.

  • Ezek 13:2
    71%

    2 Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Jer 26:4-5
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    4 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,

    5 And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20 Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

  • Ezek 6:10
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    10 And they will be certain that I am the Lord: not for nothing did I say that I would do this evil to them.

  • Ezek 14:2
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    2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Jer 29:19
    70%

    19 Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 33:7
    70%

    7 So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.

  • Neh 9:30
    70%

    30 Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

  • Ezek 17:11
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    11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Zech 7:12
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    12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

  • Amos 7:16
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    16 Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.

  • Ezek 13:16
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    16 Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.

  • Jer 11:10
    69%

    10 They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

  • Neh 9:26
    69%

    26 But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.