Isaiah 48:4

Isaiah 48:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
• New International Version (NIV)For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,

Context of Isaiah 48:4

2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name. 3I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’ 6You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

Isaiah 48:4 word by word

מִדַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• For I knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
• youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• youגִּידgîyd · sinewH1517
• are stubbornקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• your neckעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• is ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• and your foreheadמֵ֫צַחmêtsach · foreheadH4696
• bronzeנְחוּשָׁהnechûshâh nechûshâh · bronzeH5154

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:4

• Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
• 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.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 3:4Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
• 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.
• Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
• 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.”
• Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
• 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!
• 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
• 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.
• 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.
• Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate - I made these frequent predictions, and fulfilled them in this striking manner, because I knew that as a people, you were prone to unbelief, and in order that you might have the most full and undoubted demonstration of the truth of what was declared. As they were disinclined to credit his promises, and as he saw that in their long captivity they would be prone to disbelieve what he had said respecting their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. obstinate--Hebrew, "hard" (De 9:27; Eze 3:7, Margin). iron sinew--inflexible (Ac 7:51). brow brass--shameless as a harlot (see Jr 6:28; 3:3; Eze 3:7, Margin).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 48:4

• Brass
• Impenitence
• Self-Will
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Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings