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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 2:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 2:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And they, whether they will hear [08085], or whether they will forbear [02308], (for they are a rebellious [04805] house [01004],) yet shall know [03045] that there hath been a prophet [05030] among [08432] them. |
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King James |
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
forbear--namely, to hear.
yet shall know--Even if they will not hear, at least they will not have ignorance to plead as the cause of their perversity (Eze 33:33). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A rebellious house - A phrase employed continually by Ezekiel in bitter irony, in the place of house of Israel, as much as to say, "House no longer of Israel, but of rebellion." Compare Isa 30:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shall know - They that obey shall know by the good I will do them, those that will not, by the evil which I will bring upon them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them - By this they shall be assured of two things:
1. That God in his mercy had given them due warning.
2. That themselves were inexcusable, for not taking it. |
33 And when this cometh to pass [0935], (lo, it will come [0935] then shall they know [03045] that a prophet [05030] hath been among [08432] them.
9 That this is a rebellious [04805] people [05971], lying [03586] children [01121], children [01121] that will [014] not hear [08085] the law [08451] of the LORD [03068]: