Ezekiel 2:3

And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee forth to the house of Israel, them that provoke me; who have provoked me, they and their fathers, to this day.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

In Context

2And the Spirit came upon me, and took me up, and raised me, and set me on my feet: and I heard him speaking to me.

4And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:13And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil + 32:13 Or, before.in the sight of the Lord was extinct.

Deuteronomy 9:27Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thyself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.

2 Kings 17:14But they hearkened not, and made their + 17:14 Gr. back. Heb. back part of the neck.neck harder than the neck of their fathers.

2 Kings 17:17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and + 17:17 Gr. were sold.sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.

Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day.

Nehemiah 9:26But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 2:2-6

The Prophet Commissioned to Reprove. ( b. c. 595.) 1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted. I do… Read the whole commentary →

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