^{4 Ref} He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.

^{5 Ref} For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

^{6 Ref} not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

^{7 Ref} But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are of hard forehead and of a stiff heart.

^{8 Ref} Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.

^{9 Ref} As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.