⁶ “But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words,^(A) even though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions.^(B) Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

²⁴ “‘The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by^[a] prickly briers or painful thorns^(A) from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.