Ezekiel 12:2

Translations

Modern

“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Traditional

Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

Literal

“Son of man, you are dwelling in the midst of the house of rebellion, which has eyes unto them to see, and they do not see, and ears unto them to hear, and they do not hear; for they are a house of rebellion!

Latin

Fili hominis, in medio domus exasperantis tu habitas: qui oculos habent ad videndum, et non vident, et aures ad audiendum, et non audiunt: quia domus exasperans est.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Notes

Ezekiel 12:1–2

The people of Judah were not the only ones with stubborn hearts who resisted the prophet's message (Ezekiel 11:19). The exiles living with Ezekiel were also rebellious. They refused to see their wrongdoings and ignored his message, just like those who remained in Judah.

Ezekiel 12:1–24:27

This section brings together different prophecies and sign acts. A sign act is a symbolic action that a prophet performs to show God’s message.

These prophecies and actions all share one main message. They announce God’s judgment against Jerusalem and its leaders because of their sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Prophetic Sign Acts

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Mark 4:12
…so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
John 9:39–41
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
Psalm 78:40
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
Jeremiah 9:1–6
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
Isaiah 42:19–20
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
Isaiah 65:2
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
Matthew 13:13–14
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Glory

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Deafness of Moral Insensibility Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Titles and Names of the Wicked: Rebellious House

Ezekiel 12:2

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