Ezekiel 33:32

33:32 Realize ¹  that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. ²  They hear your words, but they do not obey them. ³ 

Ezekiel 3:7

3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, ⁴  because they are not willing to listen to me, ⁵  for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. ⁶ 

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”

³ sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.

⁴ sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.

⁵ sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.

⁶ tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”