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Isaiah 48:4
4I did it because I know what you are like. You refuse to obey me. You do not want to change the way that you live. Your neck is like iron and it will not bend! Your head is as hard as bronze!
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
2Your people are proud to say that they live in the holy city. They trust in Israel's God, whose name is the Lord Almighty. 3The Lord says to his people, ‘I already spoke about things that would happen at a future time. A long time ago I told you what would happen. Then I suddenly did my work, and I caused those things to happen! I did it because I know what you are like. You refuse to obey me. You do not want to change the way that you live. Your neck is like iron and it will not bend! Your head is as hard as bronze! 5So I told you about these things a long time ago. Before they happened, I told you about them. Then you could not say, “My idol did them. Yes, my wooden image and my idol made of metal decided that these things would happen.” 6You heard what I said would happen, and now you have seen it happen. Agree that what I say is true! Now I will tell you about new things that will happen. They are secret things that you do not yet know about.
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:4 word by word
מִדַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:4
- Isaiah 46:12Listen to me, you people who refuse to obey me. You choose not to do anything that is right.
- Psalms 78:8So they would not be like their ancestors, who turned against God. Those people refused to obey God, and they did not trust him to be their guide.
- Zechariah 7:11But the people would not listen and they turned away. They put their hands over their ears, because they did not want to hear.
- Jeremiah 5:3Lord, you want people to be honest and true. You have punished your people, but they did not feel any pain. You nearly destroyed them, but they still refuse to change. Their minds have become as hard as rock. They refuse to turn back to you.
- Ezekiel 3:4Then he said to me, ‘Son of man, now go to Israel's people and speak my words to them.
- Daniel 5:20But he became very proud and he boasted about his power. So God took away his kingdom. People did not respect him any longer as king.
- Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
- Hebrews 3:13Instead, help each other to be strong every day. Today, you can still hear God's message. While that is still true, do not refuse to obey God. Do not think that sin will not hurt you. That is a lie.
- Exodus 32:9Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I have seen these people. They are proud and they do not obey me.
- Exodus 33:3You will go to that land where there is plenty of food and drink, enough for everyone. But I will not travel with you. You are proud people who refuse to obey me. If I go with you, I might destroy you as you travel.’
- Deuteronomy 10:16So remember that you belong to the Lord. Live to please him! Do not refuse to obey him.
- Deuteronomy 31:27I know that they are a proud people who do not want to obey me. All the time that I have been living among them, they have turned against the Lord. After my death, they will turn against him even more!
- 2 Kings 17:14But the Israelites would not agree to obey God's Law. They were proud and they refused to obey. Like their ancestors, they did not trust in the Lord their God.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not refuse to obey him, as your parents did. Instead, agree to serve him. Come to his temple. He has made it a holy place for ever. Serve the Lord your God so that he will stop being so angry with you.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13King Nebuchadnezzar had made Zedekiah promise in God's name that he would be faithful to Nebuchadnezzar. But Zedekiah turned against Nebuchadnezzar. He was very proud and he refused to change. He refused to turn back to the Lord, Israel's God.
- Nehemiah 9:16But our ancestors turned away from you. They would not agree to obey your commands.
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
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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
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