Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 9:7And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 33:3into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee on the way.
Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.
2 Kings 17:14But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.
2 Chronicles 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 9:28But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:2-9
God's Expostulation with His People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed… Read the whole commentary →