Ezekiel 2:6

But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words – even though briers ¹  and thorns ²  surround you and you live among scorpions – do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ³  for they are a rebellious house!

2Sa 23:6,7; 2Ki 1:15; Pr 30:13,14; Isa 9:18; Isa 51:7; Isa 51:12; Jer 1:8,17; Jer 6:28; Jer 18:18; Eze 3:8,9; Eze 3:9,26,27; Am 7:10-17; Mic 3:8; Mic 7:4; Mt 10:28; Lu 10:19; Lu 12:4; Ac 4:13,19,29; Eph 6:19; Php 1:28; 2Ti 1:7; Heb 11:27; 1Pe 3:14; Re 9:3-6

¹ tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.

² 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).

³ tn Heb “of their faces.”