Ezekiel 3:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And go, get to those of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Go 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and go to the presoners off thy people, speake vnto them, ad saye on this maner: Thus the LORDE God hath spoke: Whether ye heare, or heare not.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And goe and enter to them that are led away captiues vnto the children of thy people, and speake vnto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And go, get thee to the captiuitie, to the chyldren of thy people, and thou shalt speake vnto them, and shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, whether they will heare, or leaue.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 2:7 : 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.
  • Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Ezek 2:5 : 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) will yet know that there has been a prophet among them.
  • Ezek 33:2 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:
  • Ezek 33:12 : 12 Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.
  • Ezek 33:17 : 17 Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not fair: but it is their way that is not fair.
  • Ezek 33:30 : 30 Also, son of man, the children of your people are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.
  • Ezek 37:18 : 18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?
  • Dan 6:13 : 13 Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not regard you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
  • Dan 12:1 : 1 At that time, Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one found written in the book.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Ezek 11:24-25 : 24 Afterward the spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them for seven days.
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
  • Deut 9:12 : 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 3:4-6
    3 verses
    85%

    4And he said to me, Son of man, go, get yourself to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

    5For you are not sent to a people of a strange language and hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

    6Not to many people of a strange language and hard speech, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

  • 10Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

  • 27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 2:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.

    8But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

  • Ezek 2:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to this very day.

    4For they are impudent children and hardhearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD.

    5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) will yet know that there has been a prophet among them.

  • Ezek 3:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    17Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • 4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

  • 3Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for departure, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

  • 22And the hand of the LORD was upon me there; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will talk with you there.

  • 14Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 2And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 12Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

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

  • 11Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so it shall be done to them: they shall move and go into captivity.

  • 1Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel.

  • 75%

    30Also, son of man, the children of your people are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.

    31And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

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

  • 1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 15The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

  • 1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 20Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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

  • 17And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 4The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

  • 23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 7So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

  • 1And he said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.

  • 2And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • 25Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.

  • 15Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 3And say to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

  • 1And it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 3:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.

    25But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and they shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

  • 13Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says the LORD.

  • 1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 7Nevertheless, hear now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people;

  • 26That he who escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

  • 9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

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

  • 17Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,