Ezekiel 3:8

8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.

Ezekiel 3:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
ESV
8 Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
NLT
8 But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are.
MSG
8 But I'll make you as hard in your way as they are in theirs.
CSB
8 Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

Ezekiel 3:8 In-Context

6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
7 But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.
8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.
9 I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.”
10 And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 1:18; S Jeremiah 15:20
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