²⁷“But ^awhen I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord ¹God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; ^bfor they are a rebellious house.

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Footnotes

1Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

Cross references

a Ezek 24:27; 33:22
b Ezek 12:2, 3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse—for they are a rebellious house.

NLTNew Living Translation

But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The one hearing him, let him hear, and the one failing to hear, let him fail,” ’ for they are a rebellious house.

KJV 1900King James Version

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

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