²⁴ His heart `is' firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.

⁴ From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

³ Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

¹² And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.