And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.
Ver. 7. And thou shalt speak my words.] God's word must be spoken, however it be taken.
Whether they will hear.] See Ezekiel 2:5. Christ, once at least, preached away the most of his hearers. Joh 6:66 Beza so delivered himself with that evidence and efficacy of truth in Colloquio Possiaceno, that Cardinal Lorrain wished that either he had been dumb, or that his hearers had been deaf. Too many of ours are so, &c.
For they are most rebellious.] Heb., Rebellion, in the abstract, as if they had been transformed into sin's nature.