Ezekiel 2:4

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The descendants are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.'

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  • Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not even know how to blush. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall; at the time I punish them, they will stumble,” says the Lord.
  • Ps 95:8 : 8 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew how stubborn you are, with your neck as iron sinew and your forehead like bronze,
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen face of a prostitute; you refuse to show any shame.
  • Prov 21:29 : 29 A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.
  • Deut 10:16 : 16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
  • Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after my death!
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 But Micaiah said, 'As surely as the LORD lives, I can only speak what the LORD tells me.'
  • 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now do not harden your necks as your ancestors did. Submit to the LORD; come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  • 2 Chr 36:13 : 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they do not feel any shame. They do not even know how to blush. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. At the time of their punishment, they will stumble, says the LORD.
  • Jer 26:2-3 : 2 The LORD says, 'Stand in the courtyard of the LORD's house and declare to all the cities of Judah, who come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words I command you to speak to them. Do not omit a single word.' 3 Perhaps they will listen and turn, each one, from their evil ways. Then I will relent concerning the disaster that I plan to bring on them because of the evil they have done.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone. 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.

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  • Ezek 2:3
    87%

    3He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.

  • Ezek 3:4-11
    8 verses
    80%

    4Then he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them."

    5For you are not being sent to a people with an obscure language or a difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel.

    6You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

    7But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted.

    8Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as strong as their foreheads.

    9I have made your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not fear them or be dismayed by their faces, even though they are a rebellious house.

    10And he said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all the words I speak to you and listen closely with your ears."

    11Go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' whether they listen or refuse to listen.

  • Ezek 2:5-8
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    5Whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

    6You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not fear though briars, thorns, or scorpions are around you. Do not be afraid of their words or terrified by their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

    7You shall speak my words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

    8But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like this rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.

  • Jer 1:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'

    7But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, “I am too young.” You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.'

  • Ezek 3:26-27
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    26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

    27But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.' Whoever will listen, let them listen, and whoever will refuse, let them refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 12:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

    3Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings as if for exile and go into exile in their sight—by day, in their sight—so that they may see. Move from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

  • Isa 30:9
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    9These are a rebellious people, deceitful children, unwilling to listen to the LORD's instruction.

  • Ezek 14:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them?

    4Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'

  • Ezek 12:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’

    10Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in the city.’

  • Deut 9:13
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    13The LORD also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.

    27When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

  • Ezek 11:4
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    4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!

  • Ezek 20:27
    70%

    27Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

  • Jer 26:4
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    4And you shall say to them, 'The LORD says: If you do not listen to Me and follow My law which I have set before you...

  • Ezek 28:11
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    11The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 3:17
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    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 warning from Me.

  • Ezek 20:4
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    4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Let them know about the detestable practices of their ancestors.

  • Ezek 22:17
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    17The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Jer 1:17
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    17But you, prepare yourself; rise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.

  • Isa 1:2
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

  • Amos 3:1
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    1Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:

  • 2 Kgs 17:14
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    14But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God.

  • Ezek 44:6
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    6And say to the rebellious house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel!'

  • Ezek 12:26
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    26The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 33:7
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    7Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.

  • Jer 11:10
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    10They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.

  • Ezek 11:14
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    14The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

  • Ezek 28:1
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    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 14:12
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    12The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Ezek 18:1
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    1The word of the Lord came to me, saying: