Ezekiel 3:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;
  • Jer 1:8 : 8 Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
  • Jer 17:18 : 18 Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.
  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
  • Zech 7:12 : 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 3:7-8
    2 verses
    92%

    7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

    8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

  • Ezek 2:3-7
    5 verses
    76%

    3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.

    4 And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

    5 And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

    6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

    7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

  • Ezek 3:10-11
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    10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

    11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

  • Jer 1:17-19
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    17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

    18 For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

    19 They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

  • 4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

  • Ezek 3:25-27
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    73%

    25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:

    26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

    27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

  • 7 For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

  • 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

  • 20 And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 12:2-3
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    70%

    2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

    3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

  • 8 Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.

  • 27 I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

  • 3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

  • 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

  • 9 Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

  • Ezek 28:6-7
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    6 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,

    7 See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.

  • 24 On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

  • 14 Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

  • 3 And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

  • 13 And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

  • 10 And as for me, my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity, but I will send the punishment of their ways on their heads.

  • 17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

  • 4 And the man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes and give hearing with your ears, and take to heart everything I am going to let you see; for in order that I might let you see them, you have come here: and give an account of all you see to the children of Israel.

  • 7 So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.

  • 15 So I will let loose my passion on the wall in full measure, and on those who put whitewash on it; and I will say to you, Where is the wall, and where are those who put whitewash on it?

  • 15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

  • 11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 32:9-10
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    68%

    9 And the hearts of numbers of peoples will be troubled, when I send your prisoners among the nations, into a country which is strange to you.

    10 And I will make a number of peoples overcome with wonder at you, and their kings will be full of fear because of you, when my sword is waved before them: they will be shaking every minute, every man fearing for his life, in the day of your fall.

  • 31 And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made the punishment of their ways come on their heads, says the Lord.

  • 29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

  • 7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

  • 7 And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

  • 23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 4 For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.

  • 3 Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?

  • 6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.