Ezekiel 12:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

"Son of man, you live in the midst of a provoking house. They have eyes to see, and they do not see; and ears to hear, and they do not hear. For they are a provoking house.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:14

But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.

2 Kings 17:15

And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are unfaithful, the associates of thieves. They all love gifts; they pursue rewards. They do not judge for orphans, and the widow's case is not brought before them.

Isaiah 30:1

"Woe to the sons of apostasy!" says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin!

Isaiah 30:9

For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

Isaiah 43:8

Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.

Isaiah 44:18

They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: "Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!"

Isaiah 65:2

I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,

Jeremiah 4:17

They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:21

Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.

Jeremiah 5:23

But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.

Jeremiah 7:26

But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.

Ezekiel 12:1

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 12:25

For I, the Lord, will speak. And whatever word I will speak, it shall be done, and it shall not be delayed any more. Instead, in your days, O provoking house, I will speak a word and do it, says the Lord God."

Ezekiel 17:12

"Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 2:3

and saying: "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to an apostate nation, which has withdrawn from me. They and their fathers have betrayed my covenant, even to this day.

Ezekiel 24:3

And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.

Ezekiel 3:9

I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house."

Ezekiel 44:6

And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.

Mark 4:12

'so that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they may be converted, and their sins would be forgiven them.' "

Luke 8:10

And he said to them: "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to the rest, it is in parables, so that: seeing, they may not perceive, and hearing, they may not understand.

John 12:40

"He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted: and then I would heal them."

2 Corinthians 3:14

for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).

Ephesians 4:18

having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Deuteronomy 29:3

the great trials, which your eyes have seen, those immense signs and wonders.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart, and seeing eyes, and ears that are able to hear, even to this present day.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?

Deuteronomy 9:24

Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.