But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
Ezekiel 12:2 - Revised Standard Version “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the house of the rebellious, who have eyes to see and see not, who have ears to hear and hear not, for they are a rebellious house. [Mark 8:18.] American Standard Version (1901) Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. Common English Bible Human one, you live in a household of rebels. They have eyes to see but they don’t see, ears to hear but they don’t hear, because they are a household of rebels. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking house: who have eyes to see and see not, and ears to hear and hear not: for they are a provoking house. |
But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
They despised his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and the warnings which he gave them. They went after false idols, and became false, and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them.
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
For they are a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the instruction of the Lord;
Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!
They know not, nor do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand.
And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;
Like keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she has rebelled against me, says the Lord.
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
But I the Lord will speak the word which I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, says the Lord God.”
“Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.
And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels, who have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also;
Like adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead; fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”
And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, let there be an end to all your abominations,
so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”
he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.”
But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart;
the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders;
but to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.
For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are; behold, while I am yet alive with you, today you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more after my death!
You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.