Ezekiel 2:6

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Summary

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Be not

Briers

Though they

1 Peter 3:14

General references

Habakkuk 1:3

Bible References

Be not

Yet, I will make you as stubborn and as hardheaded as they are.

The angel of Jehovah (YHWH) said to Elijah: Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him. So Elijah went with the officer to the king.

I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass!

Do not be afraid of people. I am with you. I will rescue you, says Jehovah.

Jehovah's Spirit fills me with power! I have judgment and mightiness to declare to Jacob, his evil behavior, to tell Israel about his sin!

Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)

I tell you my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body. After that they can do no more.

They observed the confidence of Peter and John. Yet they thought they were uneducated (not formally educated) and ordinary men. They were amazed and recognized them as having been with Jesus.

Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me, to make known with boldness the secret of the good news.

Do not be frightened by opponents. This is evidence of destruction for them and salvation for you from God.

God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.

Briers

All the evildoers will be like thorns to be pushed away. They may not be gripped in the hand:

This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.

All of them are stubborn rebels. They go about telling false stories. They are copper and iron. They are all corrupt, all of them!

The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen's day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed.

Though they

I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.

Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king. He endured, by seeing him who is invisible.

Even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. Do not fear! Do not be troubled (distressed) (intimidated)!

General references

Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.