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Ezekiel 2:4

They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

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ASV

And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַבָּנִ֗יםve.ha.ba.Nimand the childrenH1121 →
קְשֵׁ֤יke.Shei[are] stern ofH7186 →
פָנִים֙fa.NimfaceH6440 →
וְחִזְקֵי־ve.chiz.kei-and hard ofH2389 →
לֵ֔בLevheartH3820 →
אֲנִ֛י'a.NiIH589 →
שׁוֹלֵ֥חַsho.Le.ach[am] sendingH7971 →
אוֹתְךָ֖'ot.Kha<obj.> youH853 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהֹוִֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →

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Ezekiel 3:7But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”Acts 20:26–27Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.Jeremiah 26:2–3“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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