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Isa. 48:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Because I knew that thou art βobstinate, and thy necki is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

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hard.

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Deut. 31:27• ²⁷for I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck. Lo, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death! (Deut. 31:27)

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I knew.

Isa. 46:12• ¹²Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: (Isa. 46:12)

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Psa. 78:8• ⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with *God. (Psa. 78:8)

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Zech. 7:11‑12• ¹¹But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
¹²And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 7:11‑12)

obstinate.

Heb. hard.

Jer. 5:3• ³Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)

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Ezek. 3:4‑7• ⁴And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
⁵For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, but to the house of Israel;
⁶not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?
⁷But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart. (Ezek. 3:4‑7)

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Dan. 5:20• ²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him; (Dan. 5:20)

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Rom. 2:5• ⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, (Rom. 2:5)

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Heb. 3:13• ¹³But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb. 3:13)

and they.

Ex. 32:9• ⁹And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. (Ex. 32:9)

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Ex. 33:3,5• 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.
⁵Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee. (Ex. 33:3,5)

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Deut. 10:16• ¹⁶Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more. (Deut. 10:16)

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Deut. 31:27• ²⁷for I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck. Lo, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death! (Deut. 31:27)

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2 Kings 17:14• 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 Kings 17:14)

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2 Chron. 30:8• ⁸Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you. (2 Chron. 30:8)

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2 Chron. 36:13• 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. (2 Chron. 36:13)

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Neh. 9:16‑17,28• ¹⁶But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.
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. (Neh. 9:16‑17,28)

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Psa. 75:5• ⁵Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a stiff neck. (Psa. 75:5)

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Prov. 29:1• ¹He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)

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Jer. 7:26• ²⁶but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers. (Jer. 7:26)

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Jer. 19:15• ¹⁵Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her cities all the evil that I have spoken against it; for they have hardened their necks, not to hear my words. (Jer. 19:15)

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Zech. 7:12• ¹²And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 7:12)

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Acts 7:51• ⁵¹O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also. (Acts 7:51)

thy brow.

Jer. 3:3• ³And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed. (Jer. 3:3)

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Ezek. 3:7‑9• ⁷But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart.
⁸Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house. (Ezek. 3:7‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brassh,

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Or "bronze."