Ezekiel 2:5

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American King James Version (AKJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

Webster's Revision

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

English Revised Version (ERV)

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.

Definitions for Ezekiel 2:5

Forbear - To cease; to let alone; to be silent.

Clarke's Ezekiel 2:5 Bible Commentary

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.

Barnes's Ezekiel 2:5 Bible Commentary

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 Isaiah 30:9.

Wesley's Ezekiel 2:5 Bible Commentary

2:5 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.