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; for all the house of Israel, they are hard of forehead and hard of heart.”

Ezekiel 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 3:7, word by word

But the houseבֵיתvet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “vet” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
be willingיֹאבוּyovu

be willing, consent

Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.

Where else “yovu” appears
to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shemoa” appears
hardחִזְקֵיchizke

hard

Unbending, stubborn, or very harsh.

Where else “chizke” appears
of foreheadמֵצַחmetsach

forehead

Forehead.

Where else “metsach” appears
and hardקְשֵׁיkeshe

stubborn

Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".

Where else “keshe” appears
of heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears

The context

6not to many peoples of obscure speech and heavy tongue, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

7 · This verse (above)

8Look, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

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