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Ezekiel 3

Ezek. 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
will
'abah (Hebrew #14)
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV usage: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Pronounce: aw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
not hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee; forz they will
'abah (Hebrew #14)
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV usage: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Pronounce: aw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
not hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me: for all the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
are νimpudent
metsach (Hebrew #4696)
the forehead (as open and prominent)
KJV usage: brow, forehead, + impudent.
Pronounce: may'-tsakh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
and hardhearted
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
qasheh (Hebrew #7186)
severe (in various applications)
KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.
Pronounce: kaw-sheh'
Origin: from 7185
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John 15:20• 20Call to mind the word which I told you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also; (John 15:20)
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stiff of forehead, and hard of heart.

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Cross References

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Israel will.
1 Sam. 8:7• 7And Jehovah 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. (1 Sam. 8:7)
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Jer. 25:3‑4• 3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the twenty-third year, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
 4And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. (Jer. 25:3‑4)
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Jer. 44:4‑5,16• 4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
 5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
 16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. (Jer. 44:4‑5,16)
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Luke 10:16• 16He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me. (Luke 10:16)
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Luke 13:34• 34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those that are sent unto her; how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not. (Luke 13:34)
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Luke 19:14• 14But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, We will not that this [man] should reign over us. (Luke 19:14)
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John 5:40‑47• 40And ye are not willing to come unto me that ye may have life.
 41Glory from men I do not receive;
 42but I know you that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
 43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.
 44How can ye believe who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [is] from the only God?
 45Think not that I will accuse you unto the Father: there is one that accuseth you, Moses, on whom ye trust;
 46for if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
 47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:40‑47)
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John 15:20‑24• 20Call to mind the word which I told you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also;
 21but all these things they will do unto you on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.
 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
 24If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:20‑24)
all the.
Ezek. 2:4• 4And the children are hard of face and stiff of heart. I send thee to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 2:4)
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Ezek. 24:7• 7For 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; (Ezek. 24:7)
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Isa. 3:9• 9The show 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. (Isa. 3:9)
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Jer. 3:3• 3And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed. (Jer. 3:3)
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Jer. 5:3• 3Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)
impudent and hard-hearted.
Heb. stiff of forehead and hardof heart.

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)