⁹ I will make your forehead^(A) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.^(B) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(C)”

¹⁰ And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart^(D) all the words I speak to you. ¹¹ Go^(E) now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’^(F) whether they listen or fail to listen.^(G)”