Ezekiel 37:18

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When your people say to you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by this?’

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 12:9 : 9 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
  • Ezek 24:19 : 19 Then the people said to me, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, since you are acting this way?'
  • Ezek 17:12 : 12 Say to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not understand what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    15The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

    16And you, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel associated with him.’

    17Join them together into one stick so that they become one in your hand.

  • 86%

    19Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will join it to the stick of Judah, making them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.'

    20The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

    21Then say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I will take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.'

    22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will no longer be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.

  • 74%

    19Then the people said to me, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, since you are acting this way?'

    20So I said to them, 'The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

  • 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.

  • 72%

    30As for you, son of man, the people of your nation are talking about you near the walls and at the doorways of their houses. They are saying to one another, each to their brother, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.'

    31They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.

  • 72%

    11Then He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, and we are cut off.”'

    12Therefore prophesy and say to them, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'Behold, I will open your graves, my people, and bring you up from them. I will bring you back to the land of Israel.'”

  • Ezek 17:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

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

    2Son of man, pose a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

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

  • 10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

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

  • 4The man said to me, 'Son of man, look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for this is why you have been brought here. Declare everything you see to the house of Israel.'

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

  • 2Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,'

  • Ezek 18:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

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

    2What do you mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

  • 16The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 6This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  • 11Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 37This is what you are to say to the prophet: 'What has the LORD answered you?' and 'What has the LORD spoken?'

  • 26When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

  • 37I will cause you to pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

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

  • 11For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people, my renown, my praise, and my glory. But they would not listen.'

  • 11For this is what the Lord said to me with a strong hand, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

  • 14Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not be aware of it?

  • 20In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'

  • 20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

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

  • 25This is what the Lord GOD says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will be shown as holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob.

  • 17This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke of in former days through my servants the prophets of Israel? At that time, they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them.

  • 17And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

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

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

  • 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

  • 4Then He said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones and say to them, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!”'

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

  • 19Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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

  • 32What you have in mind will never happen. You say, 'We will be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.'

  • 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.