Ezekiel 2:4
And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 10:16Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
2 Chronicles 36:13And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 21:29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
Jeremiah 3:3So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.
Jeremiah 6:15Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 2:2-6
The Prophet Commissioned to Reprove. ( b. c. 595.) 1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted. I do… Read the whole commentary →