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Ezekiel 2:4

and it is unto such sons—of shameless face, and emboldened heart, that I am sending thee,—therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3And he said unto me- Son of man I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto rebellious nations, which have rebelled against me,—they, and their fathers have transgressed against me, until this very day;

5And they! whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for a perverse house, they are, shall then know that, a prophet, hath been in their midst.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:16Therefore must ye circumcise the foreskin of your hearts,—and your necks, must ye stiffen no more.

1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said,—By the life of Yahweh, what Yahweh saith unto me, that, will I, speak.

2 Chronicles 36:13Moreover also—against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,-and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel.

Proverbs 21:29A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.

Jeremiah 3:3Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come,—Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 6:15Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.

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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