Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 2:7

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 7, 8.) And you shall speak my words to them: if perhaps they will hear, and be afraid, or be quiet, since they are provokers. But you, son of man, hear what I speak to you. Therefore, you must not cease, although they are wicked to whom we speak; indeed, according to the Apostle (II Tim. IV), we must preach the…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

7And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.

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5Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear (for it is a provoking house), yet they shall know that thou art a prophet in the midst of them.

6And thou, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against thee round about, and thou dwellest in the midst of scorpions): be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for it is a provoking house.

— Ezekiel 2:7 —

8And thou, son of man, hear him that speaks to thee; be not thou provoking, as the provoking house: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee.

9And I looked, and behold, a hand stretched out to me, and in it a volume of a book.

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