Footnotes

1. Ezekiel 3:7 sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.
2. Ezekiel 3:7 sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.
3. Ezekiel 3:7 tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”
4. Ezekiel 3:8 tn Heb “strong, resolute.”
5. Ezekiel 3:9 tn The Hebrew term translated “diamond” is parallel to “iron” in Jer 17:1. The Hebrew uses two terms which are both translated at times as “flint,” but here one is clearly harder than the other. The translation “diamond” attempts to reflect this distinction in English.
6. Ezekiel 3:9 tn Heb “of their faces.”