Ezekiel 3:7
Context3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, 1 because they are not willing to listen to me, 2 for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. 3
Ezekiel 44:7
Context44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate 4 it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You 5 have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
Ezekiel 44:9
Context44:9 This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary. 6


[3:7] 1 sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.
[3:7] 2 sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.
[3:7] 3 tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”
[44:7] 4 tn Heb “to desecrate.”
[44:7] 5 tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”
[44:9] 7 sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.