7. But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me. For all the house of Israel is impudent and obstinate.
8. But I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
9. As emery harder than flint, I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
10. Moreover He said to me: Son of man, all My words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears.
11. Go to the captives, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not, “Thus says the Lord God.”
12. Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a great thundering voice: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.”
13. I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another and the noise of the wheels beside them, even a great rushing sound.
14. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
15. Then I came to the captives at Tel Aviv, who lived by the River Kebar, and I sat there where they sat seven days, causing consternation among them.