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Ezekiel 2:4–5

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4The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.u Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’v 5And whether they listen or fail to listenw—for they are a rebellious peoplex—they will know that a prophet has been among them.y

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  1. uSee Ex 32:9; See Isa 9:9; Eze 3:7
  2. vAm 7:15
  3. wEze 3:11
  4. xEze 3:27
  5. ySee Jer 5:3; Eze 33:33; Jn 15:22

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The descendants are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Whether they listen or refuse to listen —for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are a stubborn and hard-hearted people. But I am sending you to say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for remember, they are rebels—at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the children are impudent and stubborn, and so I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh!’ And they, whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are a rebellious house, they will know that a prophet was in their midst.

KJV 1900King James Version

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.