Isa 50:7, Eze 3:8-9 | JFB | e4.org | 7. Sample of His not being "discouraged" ( ). set . . . face like . . . flint —set Myself resolutely, not to be daunted from My work of love by shame or suffering ( ).

‏ Isaiah 50:7

7. Sample of His not being "discouraged" (Isa 42:4; 49:5).

set . . . face like . . . flint—set Myself resolutely, not to be daunted from My work of love by shame or suffering (Eze 3:8, 9).

‏ Ezekiel 3:8-9

8. Ezekiel means one "strengthened by God." Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (De 33:9).

9. As . . . flint—so Messiah the antitype (Isa 50:7; compare Jer 1:8, 17).