Isaiah 50:7
50:7 But the sovereign Lord helps me,
so I am not humiliated.
For that reason I am steadfastly resolved;
I know I will not be put to shame.
Ezekiel 2:4
2:4 The people
to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted,
and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says.’
Ezekiel 2:6
2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers
and thorns
surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you,
for they are a rebellious house!
Ezekiel 3:7-9
3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you,
because they are not willing to listen to me,
for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
3:8 “I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.
3:9 I have made your forehead harder than flint – like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house.”