Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,
Ezekiel 3:8 - New Revised Standard Version See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I have made your face strong and hard against their faces and your forehead strong and hard against their foreheads. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. Common English Bible I’ve now hardened your face so that you can meet them head-on. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads. |
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,
The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
And I for my part have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall, against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land.
And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the Lord.
O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.
But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king's anger; for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible.