Ezekiel 2:5

whether they will hear, or... forbear. The latter is evidently assumed, and to be expected; as in 2 Timothy 4:3. But no alternative is given.

" My words " correspond with "preach the word "(2 Timothy 4:2).

forbear. abstain, or refuse to hear.

a rebellious house. Hebrew. house of rebellion. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 2:3. Hebrew. meri, from marah, to be bitter, perverse, refractory. Reference to Pentateuch, (Numbers 17:10; Deuteronomy 31:27). Elsewhere only in 1 Samuel 15:23.Nehemiah 9:17; Job 24:13; Proverbs 17:13.Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 30:9). The Verb occurs forty-three times in O.T. The Noun occurs sixteen times in Ezekiel (Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 2:3 :9. Eze 2:26-27. Ezekiel 12:2; Ezekiel 12:3; Ezekiel 12:9; Ezekiel 12:25; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 24:3; Ezekiel 44:6).