Ezekiel 2:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the sons `are' brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:

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  • Ezek 3:7 : 7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.
  • Ps 95:8 : 8 Harden not your heart as `in' Meribah, As `in' the day of Massah in the wilderness,
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
  • Prov 21:29 : 29 A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
  • Deut 10:16 : 16 and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;
  • Deut 31:27 : 27 for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah saith, `Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me -- it I speak.'
  • 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 `Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;
  • 2 Chr 36:13 : 13 and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.
  • Jer 26:2-3 : 2 `Thus said Jehovah, Stand thou in the court of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast spoken unto all `those of' the cities of Judah who are coming in to bow themselves in the house of Jehovah, all the words that I have commanded thee to speak unto them, thou dost not diminish a word. 3 If so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I `am' clear from the blood of all, 27 for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 3 And He saith unto Me, `Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day.

  • Ezek 3:4-11
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    4 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

    5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue `art' thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;

    6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

    7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

    8 `Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.

    9 As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house `are' they.'

    10 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;

    11 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.'

  • Ezek 2:5-8
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    5 and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they `are' -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.

    6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,

    7 And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they `are' rebellious.

    8 `And thou, son of man, hear that which I am speaking unto thee: Thou art not rebellious like the rebellious house, open thy mouth, and eat that which I am giving unto thee.'

  • Jer 1:6-7
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    6 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I `am' a youth.'

    7 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I `am' a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

  • Ezek 3:26-27
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    26 and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house `are' they.

    27 And in My speaking with thee, I do open thy mouth, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah; the hearer doth hear, and the forbearer doth forbear; for a rebellious house `are' they.

  • Ezek 12:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

    2 `Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.

    3 And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they `are'.

  • 9 That a rebellious people `is' this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

  • Ezek 14:2-4
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    2 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

    3 `Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

    4 `Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet -- I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

  • Ezek 12:9-10
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    9 `Son of man, have they not said unto thee -- the house of Israel -- the rebellious house -- What art thou doing?

    10 say unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `The prince `is' this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are in their midst.

  • 13 `And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it `is';

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26 And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

    27 And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

  • 4 Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'

  • 27 Therefore, speak unto the house of Israel, son of man, and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Still in this have your fathers reviled Me, In their committing against Me a trespass.

  • 4 `And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, If ye do not hearken unto Me, to walk in My law, that I set before you,

  • 11 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

  • 17 that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.

  • 4 Dost thou judge them? Dost thou judge, son of man? The abominations of their fathers cause them to know,

  • 17 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

  • 17 `And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

  • 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me.

  • 1 Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

  • 14 and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

  • 6 and hast said unto the rebellious, unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you -- of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

  • 26 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

  • 7 And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

  • 10 To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

  • 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

  • 14 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

  • 12 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

  • 9 And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

  • 1 `And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: