Yeremia 23:18

23:18 Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord’s inner circle ¹ 

so they ²  could see and hear what he has to say? ³ 

Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?

Yehezkiel 2:7

2:7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

Yehezkiel 3:17

3:17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman ⁴  for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Kisah Para Rasul 20:27

20:27 For I did not hold back from ⁵  announcing ⁶  to you the whole purpose ⁷  of God.

[23:18]  ¹ tn Or “has been the Lord’s confidant.”

[23:18]  sn The Lord’s inner circle refers to the council of angels (Ps 89:7 [89:8 HT]; 1 Kgs 22:19-22; Job 1-2; Job 15:8) where God made known his counsel/plans (Amos 3:7). They and those they prophesied to will find out soon enough what the purposes of his heart are, and they are not “peace” (see v. 20). By their failure to announce the impending doom they were not turning the people away from their wicked course (vv. 21-22).

[23:18]  ² tn The form here is a jussive with a vav of subordination introducing a purpose after a question (cf. GKC 322 §109.f).

[23:18]  ³ tc Heb “his word.” In the second instance (“what he has said” at the end of the verse) the translation follows the suggestion of the Masoretes (Qere) and many Hebrew mss rather than the consonantal text (Kethib) of the Leningrad Codex.

[3:17]  ⁴ tn The literal role of a watchman is described in 2 Sam 18:24; 2 Kgs 9:17.

[20:27]  ⁵ tn Or “did not avoid.” BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 2.b has “shrink from, avoid implying fear…οὐ γὰρ ὑπεστειλάμην τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι I did not shrink from proclaiming Ac 20:27”; L&N 13.160 has “to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern – ‘to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid’…‘for I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God’ Ac 20:27.”

[20:27]  ⁶ tn Or “proclaiming,” “declaring.”

[20:27]  ⁷ tn Or “plan.”