and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

And go to the exiles, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD'; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

And go forth and enter to those of the transmigration, to the sons of your people. And you shall speak to them. And you shall say to them: 'Thus says the Lord God.' Perhaps it may be that they will listen and be quieted."

Et vade (ingredere) ad transmigrationem, [71] ad filios populi tui, et loquere ad ipsos: et dic illis: sic dicit Dominator Iehovah, sive audiverint sire cessaverint.

Thy people - God's people.

And go, get thee to them of the captivity,.... Not in the times of Hoshea king of Israel, by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, for these were placed in the cities of the Medes, 2-Kings 17:6; but in the times of Jeconiah king of Judah, Ezekiel 1:2;
unto the children of thy people; the Jews, which were in the land of Chaldea:
and speak unto them, and tell them: the words the Lord spoke to him:
thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: See Gill on Ezekiel 2:5.

thy people--who ought to be better disposed to hearken to thee, their fellow countryman, than hadst thou been a foreigner (Ezekiel 3:5-6).

Captivity - Of the first captivity under Jeconiah's reign, who succeeded his father Jehoiakim, slain for his conspiracy with Egypt against Nebuchadnezzar.