“For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.”
King James Version (KJV)
2:2 The spirit - The same spirit which actuated the living creatures.
2:5 Shall know - They that obey shall know by the good I will do them, those that will not, by the evil which I will bring upon them.
2:6 Words - Accusations, threats, or whatever else a malicious heart can suggest to the tongue. Briars - Which usually run up among thorns, are a very fit emblem of the frowardness and keenness of sinners against God and his prophet. Scorpious - Malicious, revengeful men. They that will do any thing to purpose in the service of God, must not fear the faces of men.