Ezekiel 3:27 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 27.) But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Let him who hears, hear; and let him who remains quiet, remain quiet; for the house is rebellious. What we read in Ecclesiastes: A time to be silent, and a time to speak (Ecclesiastes 3), is also supported in prophetic speech: that it is wise to both be silent and speak in due time, and to give food to our fellow servants at the appointed time.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He that heareth ... - The judicial blindness of which Ezekiel speaks had already fallen upon the great body of the nation (Eze 14:4. Compare Rev 2:7; Rev 22:11).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

After the interval of silence has awakened their attention to the cause of it, namely, their sins, they may then hearken to the prophecies which they would not do before. He that heareth, let him hear . . . forbear--that is, thou hast done thy part, whether they hear or forbear.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּֽבְדַבְּרִ֤י	u.ve.da.be.Ri	and when speak I	H1696 →
אֽוֹתְךָ֙	'ot.Kha	with you	H854 →
אֶפְתַּ֣ח	'ef.Tach	I will open	H6605 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פִּ֔יךָ	Pi.kha	mouth your	H6310 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣	ve.'a.mar.Ta	and you will say	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
כֹּ֥ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהֹוִ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
הַשֹּׁמֵ֤עַ׀	ha.sho.Me.a'	the [one who] hears	H8085 →
יִשְׁמָע֙	yish.Ma'	let him hear	H8085 →
וְהֶחָדֵ֣ל׀	ve.he.cha.Del	and the [person] who refrains	H2310 →
יֶחְדָּ֔ל	yech.Dal	let him refrain	H2308 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[are] a house of	H1004 →
מְרִ֖י	me.Ri	rebellion	H4805 →
הֵֽמָּה׃ ס	He.mah	they	H1992 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
leads to
- Matthew 13:9
  He who has ears, let him hear.”
- Luke 8:8
  Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Mark 4:23
  If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Matthew 13:43
  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Mark 4:9
  Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Through
Ezekiel 29:21
In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
leads to
- Luke 21:15
  For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 132:17
  There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
Through
Ezekiel 24:27
On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that…
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:22
  Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

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About Ezekiel