But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
Ezekiel 2:4 - Revised Standard Version The people also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them; and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the children are impudent and hard of heart. I send you to them and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God. American Standard Version (1901) And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. Common English Bible I’m sending you to their hardheaded and hard-hearted descendants, and you will say to them: The LORD God proclaims. Catholic Public Domain Version And those to whom I am sending you are sons with a hard face and an unyielding heart. And you shall say to them: 'Thus says the Lord God.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they to whom I send thee are children of a hard face and of an obstinate heart: and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: |
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.
Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you shall go, and whatever I command you shall speak.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have a harlot's brow, you refuse to be ashamed.
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary; and Jehudi read it to the king and all the princes who stood beside the king.
O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.
And go, get you to the exiles, to your people, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God’; whether they hear or refuse to hear.”
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God’; he that will hear, let him hear; and he that will refuse to hear, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
And he said to me, “Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stubborn heart.
and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
They made their hearts like adamant lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
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!