Ezequiel 3:8

8 Sin embargo, mira, te he hecho tan obstinado y duro de corazón como ellos.

Ezequiel 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:8

Behold, I have made the, face strong against their faces
Not that the prophet should have the same sort of impudence and confidence they had; but that God would "give" ^F14 him such a face, as it is in the Hebrew text, such spirit and courage, that he should neither be ashamed of the words of the Lord, nor afraid to speak them to this people; so that he should be a match for them; they should not be able to outface him, or look him out of countenance; he should behave with an undaunted spirit, and with great intrepidity, amidst all opposition made to him: the Lord fits his ministers for the people he sends them to, and gives them courage and strength proportionate to the opposition they meet with; as their day is, their strength is; and all that invincible courage, boldness, and strength, with which they are endowed, it is all from the Lord, and a gift of his: and thy forehead strong against their foreheads;
which is the same thing in different words.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Kynp ta yttn) "dedi faciem tuam", V. L. Vatablus, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 3:8 In-Context

6 No, no te envío a gente que habla un idioma extraño y difícil de entender. Si te enviara a esas personas, ¡ellas te escucharían!

7 ¡Pero los israelitas no te escucharán a ti como tampoco me escuchan a mí! Pues todos y cada uno de ellos son tercos y duros de corazón.

8 Sin embargo, mira, te he hecho tan obstinado y duro de corazón como ellos.

9 ¡Endurecí tu frente tanto como la roca más dura! Por lo tanto, no les tengas miedo ni te asustes con sus miradas furiosas, por muy rebeldes que sean».

10 Luego agregó: «Hijo de hombre, que todas mis palabras penetren primero en lo profundo de tu corazón. Escúchalas atentamente para tu propio bien.