And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- KJV And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- BSB And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
- NASB And it shall come about that whoever does not listen to My words which he speaks in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
- NLT I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.
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Quick answer
God will hold accountable anyone who refuses to listen to His prophet. Rejecting the prophet's word is rejecting God Himself.
Overview
To ignore the words of the coming prophet is to incur God's reckoning, since the prophet speaks in His name. This underscores the seriousness of how people respond to God's revelation. Applied to Christ, the warning is grave: those who reject the Son reject the Father who sent Him (Acts 3:23; Heb. 2:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Heb 2:3how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
- Heb 12:25–26See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
- Heb 10:26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Heb 3:7Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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