“Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.”
YHWH makes prophet's face hard against people's faces, fortifying Ezekiel's resolve to match and resist stubbornness; hardness is divine gift enabling confrontation. Matching of face to face creates image of stubborn opponents rather than comfortable kinfolk. Hardening that YHWH provides suggests prophet's capacity maintaining message despite rejection depends entirely on divine enablement.
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