Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 3:8

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 8, 9.) Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads. I have made your face like diamond and flint. Do not fear them or be afraid of their presence, for they are a rebellious house." And He said to me, "The house of Israel has a stubborn and defiant foreh…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

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8And, behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen thy power against their power.

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6neither to many nations of other speech and other tongues, nor of harsh language, whose words thou wouldest not understand: although if I had sent thee to such, they would have hearkened to thee.

7But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted.

— Ezekiel 3:8 —

9And it shall be continually stronger than a rock: be not afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their faces, because it is a provoking house.

10And he said to me, Son of man, receive into thy heart all the words that I have spoken to thee, and hear them with thine ears.

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