Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Therefore - rather, 'Though thou speak ... yet they will not hearken' (Maurer) (Ezekiel 2:7, "Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear"). A trial to the prophet's faith; though he knew his warnings would be unheeded, still was to give them in obedience to God.