John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 3:8

"Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads." — Ezekiel 3:8 (ASV)

Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces
Not that the prophet should have the same sort of impudence and confidence they had; but that God would "give" ^F14 him such a face, as it is in the Hebrew text, such spirit and courage, that he should neither be ashamed of the words of the Lord, nor afraid to speak them to this people; so that he should be a match for them; they should not be able to outface him, or look him out of countenance; he should behave with an undaunted spirit, and with great intrepidity, amidst all opposition made to him: the Lord fits his ministers for the people he sends them to, and gives them courage and strength proportionate to the opposition they meet with; as their day is, their strength is; and all that invincible courage, boldness, and strength, with which they are endowed, it is all from the Lord, and a gift of his: and your forehead strong against their foreheads;
which is the same thing in different words.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: (Kynp ta yttn) "dedi faciem tuam", V. L. Vatablus, Cocceius, Starckius.