King James Version
Ezekiel 2:8 in the King James Version says “But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.”
Ezekiel 2:8 · KJV
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. briers: or, rebels
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. most: Heb. rebellion
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But thou son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“what I say”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“unto thee Be not”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“like that rebellious”
H4805bitterness, i.e., (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“like that rebellious”
H4805bitterness, i.e., (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
“thy mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that I give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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