John Trapp on Ezekiel 3:7

Ver. 7. But the houſe of Iſrael will not hearken unto thee] They will not: See the like, Joh. 5.40. and 8.44. A mans will is his hell, ſaith Bernard. And it is eaſier, ſaith another, to deal with twenty mens reaſons, then with one mans will. What hope is there of thoſe that will not hear; or if they do, yet have made their concluſion aforehand, and will ſtir no more then a ſtake in the midſt of a ſtream?

For they will not hearken unto me] Speaking unto them in the Scriptures. See Hoſ. 8.12. Mat. 10.24, 25. Joh. 15.18, &c. Let this ſpeech of God to the Prophet comfort faithful Miniſters contra cervicoſos & cerebroſos iſtes hypocritas that reject or reſiſt their preaching. What are we that we may not be ſlighted, when as Chriſt himſelf the Arch-Prophet is?

Curtius. Impudent] Heb. ſtiffe of forehead: This was a point next the worſt. Illum ego perjiſſe dico cui perjit pudor, ſaid that heathen: he is an undone man who is paſt ſhame.