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Ezekiel 2:7

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

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וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤vedibartaand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).דְּבָרַי֙devaraycauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…אֲלֵיהֶ֔םaleyhemamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אִֽםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…יִשְׁמְע֖וּyishmevhearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hear”, an unfinished actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…וְאִםveimand oh thatאִםconjunction, conjunction — “and oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…יֶחְדָּ֑לוּyechdalvbe unoccupiedחָדַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be unoccupied”, an unfinished actionH2308properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idlecease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מְרִ֖יmeribitterמְרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bitter”, the ordinary formH4805bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebelliousbitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).הֵֽמָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt speak My words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.

World English Bible

You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear; for they are rebellious.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt speak My words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λαλήσεις τοὺς λόγους μου πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἐὰν ἆρα ἀκούσωσιν ἢ πτοηθῶσιν, ὅτι οἶκος παραπικραίνων ἐστί.