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Ezekiel 2

Ezek. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou, son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, beg not afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of them, neither be afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of their words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, though ηbriers
carab (Hebrew #5621)
a thistle
KJV usage: brier.
Pronounce: saw-rawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sting
and thorns
cillown (Hebrew #5544)
from 5541; a prickle (as if pendulous)
KJV usage: brier, thorn.
Pronounce: sil-lone'
Origin: or callown {sal-one'}
h be with thee, and thou dost dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
among scorpions
`aqrab (Hebrew #6137)
a scorpion; figuratively, a scourge or knotted whip
KJV usage: scorpion.
Pronounce: ak-rawb'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
: be not afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
i of their words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, nor be dismayed
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
at their looks
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, though they be a rebellious
mriy (Hebrew #4805)
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
KJV usage: bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).
Pronounce: mer-ee'
Origin: from 4784
house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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Jer. 1:8,17• 8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
 17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. (Jer. 1:8,17)
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Luke 12:4• 4{i}But{/i} I say unto you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this have no more that they can do. (Luke 12:4)
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Acts 4:29,31• 29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word
 31And when they prayed, the place wherein they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:29,31)
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or, rebels.
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2 Sam. 23:6‑7• 6The sons of Belial, shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,{HR}Because they cannot be taken with hands:
 7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;{HR}And they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. (2 Sam. 23:6‑7)
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Isa. 9:18• 18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briars and thorns: yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke. (Isa. 9:18)
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Mic. 7:4• 4{i}The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.{/i} (Mic. 7:4)
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1 Peter 3:14• 14But if even ye should suffer for righteousness, blessed [are ye]; and be not afraid of their fear, nor be troubled, (1 Peter 3:14)

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Briers,
House,
Scorpion (Aqrab, σκορπίος),
The Son of Man,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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be not.
Ezek. 3:8‑9• 8{i}Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.{/i}
 9{i}As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.{/i} (Ezek. 3:8‑9)
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2 Kings 1:15• 15{i}And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.{/i} (2 Kings 1:15)
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Isa. 51:12• 12I, I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou art afraid of weak man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [that] shall be made [as] grass; (Isa. 51:12)
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Jer. 1:8,17• 8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
 17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. (Jer. 1:8,17)
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Mic. 3:8• 8Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sin. (Mic. 3:8)
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Matt. 10:28• 28{i}And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.{/i} (Matt. 10:28)
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Luke 12:4• 4{i}But{/i} I say unto you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this have no more that they can do. (Luke 12:4)
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Acts 4:13,19,29• 13Now beholding the boldness of Peter and John, and aware that they were unlettered and simple men, they wondered, and recognized them that they were with Jesus.
 19But Peter and John answering said unto them, Whether it be right before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye:
 29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word (Acts 4:13,19,29)
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Eph. 6:19• 19and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel, (Eph. 6:19)
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Phil. 1:28• 28and not frightened in anything by the adversaries, which is to them a showing forth of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God; (Phil. 1:28)
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2 Tim. 1:7• 7For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and sobriety of mind. (2 Tim. 1:7)
briers.
or, rebels.
2 Sam. 23:6‑7• 6The sons of Belial, shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,{HR}Because they cannot be taken with hands:
 7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;{HR}And they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. (2 Sam. 23:6‑7)
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Isa. 9:18• 18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briars and thorns: yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke. (Isa. 9:18)
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Jer. 6:28• 28{i}They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.{/i} (Jer. 6:28)
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Mic. 7:4• 4{i}The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.{/i} (Mic. 7:4)
scorpions.
Luke 10:19• 19Behold, I give unto you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall in any wise injure you. (Luke 10:19)
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Rev. 9:3‑6• 3And out of the smoke came forth locusts unto the earth, and there was given them power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
 4And it was said to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the men which have not the seal of God on their foreheads.
 5And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment {i}was{/i} as the torment of a scorpion when it striketh a man.
 6And in those days shall men seek death and shall in no wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. (Rev. 9:3‑6)
though they.
Ezek. 3:9,26‑27• 9{i}As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house.{/i}
 26{i}And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.{/i}
 27{i}And when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: he that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.{/i} (Ezek. 3:9,26‑27)
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Prov. 30:13‑14• 13{i}There is a generation,{/i} —{i}how lofty are their eyes,{HR}How their eyelids are lifted up!{HR}{/i}
 14—{i}A generation whose teeth are swords,{HR}And their jaw-teeth knives,{HR}To devour the afflicted from off the earth,{HR}And the needy from [among] men.{/i} (Prov. 30:13‑14)
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Isa. 51:7• 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Jer. 18:18• 18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Amos 7:10‑17• 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
 11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
 12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
 13but prophesy not again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
 14{i}And Amos answered and said to Amaziah,{/i} I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
 15{i}And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.{/i}
 16Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
 17Therefore thus saith Jehovah: thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. (Amos 7:10‑17)
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Heb. 11:27• 27By faith he left Egypt, not afraid of the wrath of the king; for he persevered as seeing the Invisible. (Heb. 11:27)
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1 Peter 3:14• 14But if even ye should suffer for righteousness, blessed [are ye]; and be not afraid of their fear, nor be troubled, (1 Peter 3:14)
• {v.6-7} Therefore the prophet was commanded (ver. 6-7) not to fear them, or their words, or their works, however rebellious they might be, but the rather to speak Jehovah's words to them whether they might hear or forbear. (“Notes on Ezekiel 1-3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and be not afraid of their words; for briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dwellest among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, and be not dismayed at their facesc; for they are a rebellious house.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "at them," as Jer. 1.17.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and be not afraid of their words; for briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dwellest among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, and be not dismayed at their faces; for they are a rebellious house.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)