Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. New Living Translation But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn. English Standard Version But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. Berean Standard Bible But 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. King James Bible But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. New King James Version But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. New American Standard Bible yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. The entire house of Israel certainly is stubborn and obstinate. NASB 1995 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 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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 with a strong forehead and stiff heart. Amplified Bible yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you and obey you, since they are not willing to listen to Me and obey Me, for the entire house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate. Christian Standard Bible But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted. Holman Christian Standard Bible But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted. American Standard Version But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But those of the house of Israel did not listen to you, because they are unwilling to listen to me, because all the household of Israel has hardened their forehead and hardens their heart Brenton Septuagint Translation But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted. Contemporary English Version But the people of Israel will refuse to listen, because they have refused to listen to me. All of them are stubborn and hardheaded, Douay-Rheims Bible But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart. English Revised Version But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of an hard forehead and of a stiff heart. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the people of Israel will refuse to listen to you because they refuse to listen to me. All the people of Israel are very stubborn and hardheaded. Good News Translation But none of the people of Israel will be willing to listen; they will not even listen to me. All of them are stubborn and defiant. International Standard Version But the house of Israel won't listen to you, since they weren't willing to listen to me. That's because the entire house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. JPS Tanakh 1917 But the house of Israel will not consent to hearken unto thee; for they consent not to hearken unto Me; for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart. Literal Standard Version but the house of Israel are not willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted. Majority Standard Bible But 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. New American Bible But the house of Israel will refuse to listen to you, since they refuse to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and hard of heart. NET Bible But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. New Revised Standard Version But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. New Heart English Bible But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. Webster's Bible Translation But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. World English Bible But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. Young's Literal Translation but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted. Additional Translations ... Context Ezekiel Eats the Scroll…6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 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. 8Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.… Cross References 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. 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.' Ezekiel 3:6 not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. Ezekiel 3:8 Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. Zechariah 7:12 They 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. Treasury of Scripture But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Israel will 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. Jeremiah 25:3,4 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened… Jeremiah 44:4,5,16 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate… all the Ezekiel 2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Jump to Previous Brazen-Faced Children Consent Ear Forehead Hard Hardened Hardhearted Hard-Hearted Hearken Heart House Impudent Israel Mind Obstinate Stiff Stubborn Surely Whole WillingJump to Next Brazen-Faced Children Consent Ear Forehead Hard Hardened Hardhearted Hard-Hearted Hearken Heart House Impudent Israel Mind Obstinate Stiff Stubborn Surely Whole WillingEzekiel 3 1. Ezekiel eats the scroll4. God encourages him 15. God shows him the rule of prophecy 22. God shuts and opens the prophet's mouth (7) All the house of Israel--Means, of course, the people generally, as the word all is often used in Scripture and elsewhere. There were even then among them such saints as Jeremiah and Daniel.Verse 7. - For they will not hearken unto me, etc. The words are, as it were, an a fortiori argument. Those who had despised the voice of Jehovah, speaking in his Law, or directly to the hearts of his people, were not likely to listen with a willing ear to his messenger. We are reminded of our Lord's words to his disciples in Matthew 10:24, 25. Impudent and hard-hearted; literally (the word is not the same as in Ezekiel 2:4), in Revised Version, of an hard forehead and of a stiff heart. The word "hard" is the same word as the first half of Ezekiel's name, and is probably used with reference to it as in the next verse. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the houseוּבֵ֣ית (ū·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc will be unwilling יֹאבוּ֙ (yō·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent to listen לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (liš·mō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to you, אֵלֶ֔יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to since כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they are unwilling אֹבִ֖ים (’ō·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent to listen לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (liš·mō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to Me. אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to For כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc is stubborn חִזְקֵי־ (ḥiz·qê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 2389: Strong, stout, mighty and obstinate. וּקְשֵׁי־ (ū·qə·šê-) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 7186: Hard, severe Links Ezekiel 3:7 NIVEzekiel 3:7 NLT Ezekiel 3:7 ESV Ezekiel 3:7 NASB Ezekiel 3:7 KJV Ezekiel 3:7 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 3:7 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 3:7 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 3:7 French Bible Ezekiel 3:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will not (Ezek. 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