Ezekiel 3:7

3:7 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 5:5

5:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

Ezekiel 14:23

14:23 They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 24:24

24:24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’

Ezekiel 28:24

28:24 “‘No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers ⁴  or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. ⁵  Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 40:30

40:30 There were porches all around, 43¾ feet ⁶  long and 8¾ feet ⁷  wide.

Ezekiel 43:12

43:12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.

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¹ sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.

² sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.

³ tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”

⁴ sn Similar language is used in reference to Israel’s adversaries in Num 33:55; Josh 23:13.

⁵ tn Heb “and there will not be for the house of Israel a brier that pricks and a thorn that inflicts pain from all the ones who surround them, the ones who scorn them.”

⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).