Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house [Ezek. 3:8–9].

The Lord tells Ezekiel, “You are to go ahead and give them My Word, and I am going to make your head hard.” Now God didn’t make Jeremiah’s head hard. Jeremiah had a soft heart, and he couldn’t stand up against all the trouble he faced. At one time he even went to the Lord and resigned. Ezekiel is not about to resign. God says, “The children of Israel are hardheaded, and I am going to make your head harder than theirs.

A man came to me one time and said, “You know, our preacher really talked hard to the board the other night, and I don’t think a preacher ought to talk that way to the board.” “Well,” I said, “what kind of a board is it?” He replied, “They’ve caused the pastor a lot of trouble.” I told him, “That’s the kind of problem Ezekiel had, but God made his head harder than Israel’s. I just hope your preacher’s head is harder than anyone’s on the board.”


McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Prophets (Ezekiel) (electronic ed., Vol. 25, pp. 27–28). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.