Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:4 
Context2:4 The people 1 to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, 2 and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ 3
Ezekiel 2:6
Context2:6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers 4 and thorns 5 surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, 6 for they are a rebellious house!
1 tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son.
2 tc Heb “stern of face and hard of heart.” The phrases “stern of face” and “hard of heart” are lacking in the LXX.
3 tn The phrase “thus says [the
4 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
5 tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.
sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).
6 tn Heb “of their faces.”
