Isaiah 48:4

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“For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.”

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BSBPD

“For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 48:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:7Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
  2. Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  3. Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
  4. Exodus 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  5. Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
  6. Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
  7. 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
  8. 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  9. 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  10. Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
  11. Nehemiah 9:28But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
  12. Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
  13. Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  14. Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
  15. Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
  16. Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
  17. Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
  18. Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  19. Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
  20. Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
  21. Ezekiel 2:4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
  22. Ezekiel 3:4Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
  23. Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
  24. Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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