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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UHezekile 3:9
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
adamant: Zechariah 7:12
fear: Ezekiel 2:6, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 50:7, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 17:18, Micah 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:6
Reciprocal: Isaiah 30:1 - the rebellious Jeremiah 1:18 - I have Jeremiah 15:20 - I will Ezekiel 3:27 - for they Ezekiel 11:7 - but Ezekiel 12:2 - thou Ezekiel 17:12 - to the Ezekiel 24:3 - the rebellious Ezekiel 44:6 - thou shalt say Hosea 6:5 - have I Acts 18:9 - Be 1 Peter 3:14 - and be
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead,.... Or, "than a rock" o; the "adamant" has its name in Greek, because it cannot be conquered or subdued, neither by the hammer, nor by fire; the one cannot break, nor this other consume it; land it is called "shamir" in Hebrew, from its preserving itself from both; it will cut iron in pieces, which is harder than stone, and therefore must be harder than that. Bochart takes it to be the same with "smiris", a hard stone, which jewellers use to polish their gems with; see Jeremiah 17:1. The design of the simile is to set forth the courage and fortitude of mind the prophet was endowed with, in order to face an impudent and hardhearted people;
fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house; Jeremiah 17:1- :.
o מצור "rupe", Junius Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator "prae rupe", Cocceius; "ex rupe", Starckius; "prae petra", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Adamant - Or, diamond Jeremiah 17:1, which was employed to cut flint. Ezekiel’s firmness being that of a diamond, he should cut a stroke home to the hardened hearts of a rebellious people. For “though” read “for.”
