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But the house of Israel will refuse to listen to you, since they refuse to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and hard of heart.(A) [a]Look! I make your face as hard as theirs, and your brow as stubborn as theirs.(B) Like diamond, harder than flint, I make your brow. Do not be afraid of them, or be terrified by their looks, for they are a rebellious house.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Cf. Jer 1:18. The prophet must face fierce opposition with the determination and resistance shown by his opponents.

But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(B) But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(C) I will make your forehead(D) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(E) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(F)

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