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Ezekiel 3:8
8But I will make you as strong in your mind as they are. You will not change what you think.
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
6I am not sending you to people who speak many different languages that you cannot understand. If I did send you to people like that, I am sure that they would listen to you. 7But Israel's people will not agree to listen to you. That is because they refuse to listen to me. All the Israelites have decided not to obey me, and they will not change. But I will make you as strong in your mind as they are. You will not change what you think. 9You will be as strong as the strongest stone that nobody can break. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be afraid of how they look at you. Remember that they are people who refuse to obey me.’ 10Then he said to me, ‘Son of man, listen carefully to all the words that I say to you. Remember them.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:8
- Exodus 4:15So this is what you must do. You must speak to him. You must tell him what to say. I will help both of you to speak. And I will teach both of you what you must do.
- Exodus 11:4So Moses went to the king and he said, ‘The Lord God says this: “At about midnight, I will travel through the whole country of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah met Ahab, Ahab said to him, ‘So, my enemy, now you have found me!’ Elijah answered, ‘Yes, I have found you to warn you! You have decided to do things that the Lord says are evil.
- Isaiah 50:7The Almighty Lord helps me, so I will not be ashamed. I have decided to stand and be strong, because I know that I will not be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 1:18I, the Lord, promise that I will make you as strong as a city with strong walls around it. You will be as strong as an iron pillar, or a wall that is made of bronze. You will speak a message against the whole nation of Judah. You will speak against its kings, its officers, its priests and all its people.
- Jeremiah 15:20When these people attack you, I will make you like a strong wall. You will be like a wall that is made of bronze. The people will not be able to knock you down. I will be with you to protect you. I will keep you safe.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Micah 3:8But the Spirit of the Lord fills me, to make me powerful. He helps me to know what is right and fair. He makes me brave so that I can speak to you, Jacob's people. I can tell you what you have done wrong. You are Israel's people, but you have not obeyed God.
- Acts 7:51Then Stephen said, ‘You people do not want to obey God! You do not want to listen to God's true message. You are the same as your ancestors. Like them, you always fight against what the Holy Spirit says.
- Hebrews 11:27As a result of his faith, Moses left Egypt. He knew that the king would be angry, but Moses was not afraid of him. Instead, he continued strongly to trust God. Nobody can see God, but Moses lived like someone who could see God.
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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