Ezekiel 3:9

harder than flint Cf. Jeremiah 5:3, "they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return."

though theybe a rebellious Rather: for they are. See ch. Ezekiel 2:6. What gave the prophet invincible courage in the face of the opposition of the people was in the main the assurance that he was sent of God, that God was with him, and that his word was given him to speak. Comp. Isaiah 50:7, "For the Lord Jehovah will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."