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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 3:7
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But the house of Israel would not hearken unto thee, &c.] “They are not willing”f59; they have no desire, no inclination, to hear and hearken; but the reverse; they were capable of hearing and understanding his speech and language, and though he was sent unto them by the Lord: and indeed the reason why they did not hearken to him was not because they rejected him and his words, but because they rejected the Lord and his words; they were the words of the Lord, and his reproofs; and therefore they would not hearken to them as follows: for they will not hearken unto me; and which is an argument why the prophet should bear with patience their disregard to him and his words, and their neglect and contempt of them; for, seeing they would not hear the Lord, how could he exact they should hear him? and therefore he should not be uneasy at it; (see <431520>John 15:20); for all the house of Israel [are] impudent and hardhearted; or, “strong of front, and hard of heart”f60; they had a whore’s forehead, an impudent face, that could not blush and be ashamed; and hearts of stone, like a rock, and harder than the nether millstone, on which no impressions, could be made by all the admonitions and reproofs given them; (see <260204>Ezekiel 2:4); and this was the case of all of them in general, excepting some very few; which shows the sad degeneracy of this people.
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