Ezekiel 2:5
New International Version
And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

New Living Translation
And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for remember, they are rebels—at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.

English Standard Version
And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Berean Standard Bible
And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that a prophet has been among them.

New American Standard Bible
As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

NASB 1995
“As for them, whether they listen or not— for they are a rebellious house— they will know that a prophet has been among them.

NASB 1977
“As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Legacy Standard Bible
As for them, whether they listen or whether they refuse—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Amplified Bible
As for them, whether they listen or refuse [to listen]—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know and be fully aware of the fact that there has been a prophet among them.

Christian Standard Bible
Whether they listen or refuse to listen —for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Perhaps they shall hear and they shall be moved, because they are a rebellious household, and they shall know that you are a Prophet in their midst

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear. (for it is a provoking house,) yet they shall know that thou art a prophet in the midst of them.

Contemporary English Version
Those rebels may not even listen, but at least they will know that a prophet has come to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whether these rebellious people listen or not, they will realize that a prophet has been among them.

Good News Translation
Whether those rebels listen to you or not, they will know that a prophet has been among them.

International Standard Version
Whether this rebellious group listens to you or not, at least they'll realize that a prophet had appeared in their midst!

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And they—whether they hear, or whether they refrain, for they [are] a house of rebellion—have known that a prophet has been in their midst.

Majority Standard Bible
And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

New American Bible
And whether they hear or resist—they are a rebellious house—they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

NET Bible
And as for them, whether they listen or not--for they are a rebellious house--they will know that a prophet has been among them.

New Revised Standard Version
Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

New Heart English Bible
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.

Young's Literal Translation
and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they are -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.

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Context
Ezekiel's Call
4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ 5And whether they listen or refuse to listen— for they are a rebellious house— they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.…

Cross References
Matthew 10:12
As you enter the home, greet its occupants.

Luke 10:10
But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

Luke 10:11
Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.'

John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Jeremiah 36:21
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

Jeremiah 42:19
The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Know for sure that I have warned you today!


Treasury of Scripture

And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

whether

Ezekiel 1:7
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

Ezekiel 3:10,11,27
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears…

Matthew 10:12-15
And when ye come into an house, salute it…

yet

Ezekiel 3:19
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezekiel 33:9,33
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul…

Luke 10:10-12
But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, …

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(5) Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.--Comp. Ezekiel 3:11. God's word remains the same whatever reception man may accord to it; it cannot return unto Him void, but must accomplish that which He pleases (Isaiah 55:11); just as the Apostles remained "unto God a sweet savour of Christ" alike "in them that are saved and in them that perish" (2Corinthians 2:15-16). But while the mighty power of the Divine word must thus produce its effect, the character of the effect depends upon those to whom it comes; "to the one we are a savour of death unto death, and to the other the savour of life unto life." So it would be among the captives by the Chebar: some would be brought back to their allegiance to their God, and would constitute the remnant through whom He would bless His people and the world; and some, resisting the offered grace, would be thus made more obdurate than ever. In either case, they could not remain as before. Whether for gain or for loss, they should "know that there hath been a prophet among them," by the change his ministrations should produce among them. The offer of grace, imposing the responsibility of accepting or rejecting it, ever becomes thus "a great and terrible day of the Lord." (See Joel 2:31; Malachi 4:5, compared with Matthew 17:12; Acts 2:16-22.) . . . Verse 5. - Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, etc. The latter word is used in the sense of "cease" or "desist," as in 1 Corinthians 9:6 and Ephesians 6:9. The same formula meets us in ver. 7; Ezekiel 3:11, 27. The prophet is warned beforehand of the (at least) probable failure of his mission, wholly or in part. We note the parallelism of thought, though not language, in 2 Corinthians 2:15, 16. Such, at all times, has been the condition of the prophet's work. The expectation is grounded upon the antecedent fact of their being a "rebellious people." There is the consolation that in the end, partly through the fulfilment of his words, partly, it may be, through the witness of their own conscience, they shall know that there has been a prophet among them (comp. Ezekiel 33:33; Jeremiah 28:9). We note that it is the first time that Ezekiel claims that name for himself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And whether
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

listen
יִשְׁמְע֣וּ (yiš·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

or
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

refuse to listen—
יֶחְדָּ֔לוּ (yeḥ·dā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵ֑מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are a rebellious
מְרִ֖י (mə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4805: Bitterness, rebellion, bitter, rebellious

house—
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

they will know
וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ (wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a prophet
נָבִ֖יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

has been
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

among them.
בְתוֹכָֽם׃ (ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre


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