Ezekiel 2:4
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New International Version (©1984)
The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.'

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I am sending you to these defiant and stubborn children. Tell them, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says.'

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

American King James Version
For they are impudent children and stiff hearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD.

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

Bible in Basic English
And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they to whom I send thee are children of a hard face, and of an obstinate heart: and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God:

Darby Bible Translation
and these children are impudent and hard-hearted: I am sending thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For they are impudent children and obstinate in heart. I send thee to them; and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
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:

Geneva Study Bible

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

King James Translators' Notes

impudent: Heb. hard of face

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. impudent-literally, "hard-faced" (Eze 3:7, 9).

children-resumptive of "they" (Eze 2:3); the "children" walk in their "fathers'" steps.

I . send thee-God opposes His command to all obstacles. Duties are ours; events are God's.

Thus saith the Lord God-God opposes His name to the obstinacy of the people.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-5 Lest Ezekiel should be lifted up with the abundance of the revelations, he is put in mind that still he is a son of man, a weak, mortal creature. As Christ usually called himself the Son of man, it was also an honourable distinction. Ezekiel's posture showed reverence, but his standing up would be a posture of greater readiness and fitness for business. God will speak to us, when we stand ready to do what he commands us. As Ezekiel had not strength of his own, the Spirit entered into him. God is graciously pleased to work in us whatever he requires of us. The Holy Spirit sets us upon our feet, by inclining our wills to our duty. Thus, when the Lord calls upon the sinner to awake, and attend to the concerns of his soul, the Spirit of life and grace comes with the call. Ezekiel is sent with a message to the children of Israel. Many might treat his message with contempt, yet they should know by the event that a prophet had been sent to them. God will be glorified, and his word made honourable, whether it be a savour of life unto life, or of death unto death.


Psalm 95:8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Isaiah 48:4 "Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew And your forehead bronze,
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
Jeremiah 6:15 "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD.
Ezekiel 3:7 yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate. (NASB ©1995)

Brazen-Faced Children Hard Hard-Hearted Heart Impudent Obstinate Sending Sovereign Stubborn Words


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

they Eze 3:7 De 10:16 31:27 2Ch 30:8 36:13 Ps 95:8 Isa 48:4 Jer 3:3 5:3 6:15 8:12 Mt 10:16

impudent [heb] hard of face Pr 21:29

Thus 1Ki 22:14 Jer 26:2,3 Ac 20:26,27

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