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 3:7
Context3:7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, 4 because they are not willing to listen to me, 5 for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. 6
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 sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.
5 sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.
6 tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”
