Ezekiel 2:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.

⁶ And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

⁷ And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.