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Ezekiel 2:3

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

KJV

et dicentem : Fili hominis, mitto ego te ad filios Israël, ad gentes apostatrices quæ recesserunt a me : ipsi et patres eorum prævaricati sunt pactum meum usque ad diem hanc :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, ἐξαποστέλλω ἐγὼ σὲ πρὸς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, τοὺς παραπικραίνοντάς με, οἵτινες παρεπίκρανάν με αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας,

LXX

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י בֶּן אָדָם֙ שׁוֹלֵ֨חַ אֲנִ֤י אֽוֹתְ/ךָ֙ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל גּוֹיִ֥ם הַ/מּוֹרְדִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָרְדוּ בִ֑/י הֵ֤מָּה וַ/אֲבוֹתָ/ם֙ פָּ֣שְׁעוּ בִ֔/י עַד עֶ֖צֶם הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 126×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּמְרֹ֥ד
ymrd
verb · 25×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פָּשַׁ֣ע
psh'
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§64Through the prophets, God forms his people in the hope of salvation, in the expectation of a new and everlasting Covenant intended for all, to be written on their hearts.22 The prophets proclaim a radical redemption of the People of God, purification from all their infidelities, a salvation which will include all the nations.23 Above all, the poor and humble of the Lord will be…
1 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the preceding section, my revered brother Ambrosius, brother formed according to the Gospel, we have discussed, as far as is at present in our power, what the Gospel is, and what is the beginning in which the Word was, and what the Word is which was in the beginning. We now come to consider the next point in the work before …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 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.
  • Amos 7:15 — And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
  • Dan 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
  • Deut 9:24 — Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
  • Ezek 12:2 — Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Ezek 24:3 — And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
  • Isa 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
  • Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
  • Isa 65:2 — I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
  • Jer 1:7 — But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
  • Jer 3:25 — We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o
  • Jer 7:25 — Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
  • Luke 10:3 — Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
  • Ps 78:8 — And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
  • Ps 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.