Eze 2:6 | NET2full | STEP | But you , son of man , do not fear them , and do not fear their words . Even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions —do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house !

Ezekiel 2:6

6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words. Even though briers ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.} and thorns ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew term is found elsewhere in the OT only in Ezek 28:24.} ^{▼▼sn Here thorns may be a figure for hostility (Ezek 28:24; Mic 7:4).} surround you and you live among scorpions—do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, ^{▼▼tn Heb “of their faces.”} for they are a rebellious house!