¹⁸ Today I have made you^(A) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.

⁸ But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.^{(A) 9} I will make your forehead^(B) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.^(C) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(D)”