Ezekiel 3:5-9

Thomson(i) 5 seeing thou art sent to the house of Israel; not to a people of strange language, 6 nor to many tribes of strange and foreign tongues, nor to them whose pronunciation is harsh and whose words thou canst not understand; though had I sent thee to such they might have hearkened to thee. 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee, since they are not willing to hearken to me. Because all the house of Israel are contentious and stubborn, 8 therefore behold I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will invigorate thy struggle against their struggling 9 and it shall be on all occasions firmer than a rock. Be not afraid of them nor daunted at their countenance, because they are a provoking house.