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Ezekiel 3:8
8Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
- New International Version (NIV)But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
Context of Ezekiel 3:8
6not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee? 7But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart. Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. 9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house. 10And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears;
Read all of Ezekiel 3Ezekiel 3:8 word by word
הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֧תִּי אֶת־פָּנֶ֛יךָ חֲזָקִ֖ים לְעֻמַּ֣ת פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וְאֶֽת־מִצְחֲךָ֥ חָזָ֖ק לְעֻמַּ֥ת מִצְחָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:8
- Exodus 4:15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
- Exodus 11:4And Moses said, Thus saith Jehovah: About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found [thee]; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.
- Isaiah 50:7But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 1:18And I, behold, I appoint thee this day as a strong city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land; against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee unto this people a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah;
- Micah 3:8But truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
- Acts 7:51O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.
- Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 3:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I have made thy forehead strong - I have given thee a strength superior to theirs; a metaphor taken from horned animals.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9God would make Ezekiel as persistent in delivering his message as the people were in rejecting it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (De 33:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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