The Meaning of Ezekiel 2:7 Explained

Ezekiel 2:7

KJV: And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

YLT: And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they are rebellious.

Darby: And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are rebellious.

ASV: And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ezekiel 2:7?

MEANING: What does Ezekiel 2:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Ezekiel 2:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Ezekiel 2:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thou shalt speak  my words  unto them, whether they will hear,  or whether they will forbear:  for they [are] most rebellious. 

What does Ezekiel 2:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Whether these rebels listened or not, Ezekiel was to announce God"s messages to them.
"The measure of success in God"s work is not always in terms of the amount and frequency of visible response. Success is to be measured in terms of our obedience to the words, commands, and will of God regardless of the visible results [1]." [2]
"Rare is the person who can set out on a task knowing that people will hate him or her for doing it. But this is exactly what Ezekiel was called to do. His faithfulness stands as a challenge to ours." [3]

Context Summary

Ezekiel 2:1-10 - A Hard Commission
The people were impudent and stiff-hearted; their words as briars and thorns; their speech like the poison of scorpions; but the prophet was commissioned to go on with his divine mission, undeterred by their opposition. Under such circumstances we must be sure of a Thus saith the Lord. But no man can stand against the continual opposition of his fellows, unless his strength is renewed, as Ezekiel's was, by eating that which God gives. Open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee, Ezekiel 2:8. Let us specially consider the divine denunciations of sin, that our words may be sharper than any two-edged sword. Nothing makes us so strong as feeding perpetually upon the roll of the Book, and especially on the Word within the words. We must eat the flesh and drink in the life of the Son of man, if we can deal aright with the needs of the sons of men. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 2

1  Ezekiel's commission
6  His instruction
9  The scroll of his heavy prophecy

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 2:7 mean?

And You shall speak - My words to them whether they hear or whether they refuse for rebellious they [are] -
וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֶת־ דְּבָרַי֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אִֽם־ יִשְׁמְע֖וּ וְאִם־ יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ כִּ֥י מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה פ

וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤  And  You  shall  speak 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
דְּבָרַי֙  My  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אִֽם־  whether 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
יִשְׁמְע֖וּ  they  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְאִם־  or  whether 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ  they  refuse 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָדַל 
Sense: to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear.
מְרִ֖י  rebellious 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרִי  
Sense: rebellion.
הֵֽמָּה  they  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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