Ezekiel 3 · Verse 7

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel 3:7, King James Version

Ezekiel 3:7 in other translations

BSBBut the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
WEBBut the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
ASVBut the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart.
YLTbut the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
DARBYBut 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.
BBEBut the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
WebsterBut the house of Israel will not hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.

What does Ezekiel 3:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. will not hearken unto thee: for ... not ... me--(Joh 15:20). Take patiently their rejection of thee, for I thy Lord bear it along with thee.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Impudent and hard-hearted - "Stiff of forehead, and hard of heart." - Margin. The marginal readings on several verses here are very nervous and very correct.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 3:1-11

The preparation of the prophet for his work. (Ezek 3:1-11) His office, as that of a watchman. (Ezek 3:12-2) The restraining and restoring his speech. (Ezek 3:22-27) Verses 1-11 Ezekiel was to receive the truths of God as the food for his soul, and to feed upon them by faith, and he would be strengthened. Gracious souls can receive those truths of God with delight, which speak terror to the wicked. He must speak all…

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Ezekiel 3:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבֵ֣יתu.Veitand [the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
יֹאבוּ֙yo.Vuthey will be willingH14
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlish.Mo.a'to listenH8085
אֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אֵינָ֥ם'ei.Namnot theyH369
אֹבִ֖ים'o.Vim[are] willingH14
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַlish.Mo.a'to listenH8085
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
חִזְקֵי\־chiz.kei-[are] hard ofH2389
מֵ֥צַחMe.tzachforeheadH4696
וּקְשֵׁי\־u.ke.shei-and stern ofH7186
לֵ֖בlevheartH3820
הֵֽמָּה\׃He.mahtheyH1992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 3:7

  • Luke 10:16

    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  • 1 Samuel 8:7

    And the Lord 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.

  • John 15:20-24

    Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. …

  • Ezekiel 2:4

    For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 44:16

    As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 25:3-4

    From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. And the Lord 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.

  • Jeremiah 3:3

    Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

  • Luke 19:14

    But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  • Jeremiah 44:4-5

    Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • Luke 13:34

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Israel will.
1Sa 8:7; Jer 25:3,4; 44:4,5,16; Lu 10:16; 13:34; 19:14; Joh 5:40-47
Joh 15:20-24
all the.
2:4; 24:7; Isa 3:9; Jer 3:3; 5:3
impudent and hard-hearted. Heb. stiff of forehead and hardof heart.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 3:6

    Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

  • Ezekiel 3:7

    But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

  • Ezekiel 3:8

    Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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Ezekiel 3:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas la casa de Israel no te querrán oir, porque no me quieren oir á mí: porque toda la casa de Israel son tiesos de frente, y duros de corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais la maison d’Israël ne voudra pas t’écouter, car aucun d’eux ne veut m’écouter; car toute la maison d’Israël a le front dur et le cœur obstiné.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber das Haus Israel wird nicht auf dich hören wollen, denn sie wollen nicht auf mich hören. Denn das ganze Haus Israel ist von harter Stirn und verstockten Herzens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
domus autem Israël nolunt audire te, quia nolunt audire me: omnis quippe domus Israël attrita fronte est, et duro corde.