Ezekiel 2:4

The people ¹  to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, ²  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ ³ 

biblegateway Eze 2:4

The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’

biblegateway Eze 2:4

"I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’

biblegateway Eze 2:4

They are a hard–hearted and stubborn people. But I am sending you to say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!’

biblegateway Eze 2:4

They're a hard case, these people to whom I'm sending you--hardened in their sin. Tell them, 'This is the Message of GOD, the Master.'

SABDAweb Eze 2:4

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

bibleoremus Eze 2:4

The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD."

biblegateway Eze 2:4

"For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’

biblegateway Eze 2:4

The people ¹  to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, ²  and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ ³ 

¹ tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.

² tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.

³ tn The phrase “thus says [the Lord]” occurs 129 times in Ezekiel; the announcement is identical to the way messengers often introduced their messages (Gen 32:5; 45:9; Exod 5:10; Num 20:14; Judg 11:15).