And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?

And the people say unto me, 'Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?'

And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?

And the people said to me: "Why won't you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?"

Wilt thou not tell us - In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.

And the people said unto me,.... Either seriously, as being desirous of knowing what was meant by all this; since they had reason to believe that it was not out of want of affection in Ezekiel to his wife that he so behaved; and therefore there must be some hidden meaning in it, which they should be glad to be informed of: or in a ludicrous manner, deriding the prophet for his conduct, and despising what he meant to instruct them in hereby:
wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? for they suspected it vas not on his own account, but to signify something to them, that these things were done; and laughing at him, they say, to what purpose are these things done? if you do not tell us for what reason they are done, instruct us by words, and not by actions; these were his fellow captives in Babylon.

what these things are to us--The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves; they ask, "What is that meaning?"