Ezekiel 3:8

Behold! I have made your face as stubborn as their faces and your brow as hard as their brows.

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In The King James Version

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

In Context

7But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. So all the house of Israel is strong browed and hard hearted.

9I have made your brow like a diamond, harder than flint! Do not fear them or be discouraged by their faces, since they are a rebellious house.”

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Cross References

Exodus 11:4Moses said, “Yahweh says this: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.

Isaiah 50:7For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I am not disgraced; 1 so I have made my face like flint, for I know that I will not be put to shame. 1

Jeremiah 15:20I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people, and they will wage war against you. 1 But they will not defeat you, for I am with you to save and rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

Acts 7:51You people who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; you act just as your fathers acted.

Hebrews 11:32What more can I say? For the time will fail me if I tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and about the prophets.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:2-16

The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance to Be a Reprover. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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