But the houseוּבֵיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill notלֹאbe willingיֹאבוּto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto you,אֵלֶיךָforכִּיthey are notאֵינָםwillingאֹבִיםto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto me;אֵלָיforכִּיallכָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthey areהֵמָּהhardחִזְקֵיof foreheadמֵצַחand hardוּקְשֵׁיof heart.לֵב
Ezekiel 3:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.