Ezekiel 2:3-6

Ezekiel's Call

³ And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to _g nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. _h They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. ⁴ The descendants also are _i impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' ⁵ And _j whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are _g a rebellious house) _k they will know that a prophet has been among them. ⁶ And you, son of man, _l be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, _m though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on _n scorpions. ₁ Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

1. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:5 - 6
   And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
   Ezekiel 2:8
   "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you."
   Ezekiel 3:26
   And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
   Ezekiel 24:3
   And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also.
   Ezekiel 44:6
   And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 20:16
   Because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
   Ezekiel 20:18
   And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
   Ezekiel 20:21
   But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
   
3. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:7
   But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
   
4. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:11
   And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God,' whether they hear or refuse to hear.
   Ezekiel 3:27
   But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
   Ezekiel 17:12
   Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.
   
5. Cross References
   Ezekiel 2:3
   And he said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
   
6. Cross References
   Ezekiel 33:33
   When this comes - and come it will! - then they will know that a prophet has been among them.
   
7. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:9
   Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
   Jeremiah 1:8
   Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
   
8. Cross References
   Ezekiel 28:24
   And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
   2 Samuel 23:6
   But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be taken with the hand.
   Micah 7:4
   The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
   
9. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 8:15
   Who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock.