Ezekiel 2:4 - Exposition

Impudent children and stiff-hearted; literally, hard of face ( i.e. callous to their shame) and stiff of heart. The LXX . gives aptly, σκληροπρόσωποι και σκληροκάρδιοι (compare the "past feeling" of Ephesians 4:19 ). Thus saith the Lord God. In the Hebrew, Adonai Jehovah; which the LXX . represents by κύριος κύριος , and Luther by "der Herr Herr." The two highest names of the God of Israel were 'used to denote the fulness of the prophet's inspiration. The same formula occurs in Ezekiel 3:11 , Ezekiel 3:27 : Ezekiel 13:8 ; Ezekiel 22:28 , and passim . So also in 2 Samuel 7:18 , 2 Samuel 7:19 , 2 Samuel 7:20 , 2 Samuel 7:29 ; and elsewhere.