Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you were obstinate, 1 your neck muscles tight as iron, and your forehead like bronze, 1
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In The King James Version
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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Cross References
Exodus 9:7Pharaoh investigated, and, behold, not even one animal of the Israelites died. But his heart was stubborn, so he did not let the people go.
Exodus 33:3Go to that land, which is flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up with you, because you are a stubborn people. I might destroy you on the way.”
Deuteronomy 10:16Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stubborn no longer.
2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen; instead they were very stubborn like their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God.
2 Chronicles 36:13Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear loyalty to him by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 9:28But after they had rest, they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so their enemies ruled over them. Yet when they returned and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and many times because of your compassion you rescued them.
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 →