New Living Translation
Isaiah 46:12
12“Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.
Isaiah 46:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
- New International Version (NIV)Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:
Context of Isaiah 46:12
10Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish. 11I will call a swift bird of prey from the east— a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding. I have said what I would do, and I will do it. “Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right. 13For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.
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שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֖י אַבִּ֣ירֵי לֵ֑ב הָרְחוֹקִ֖ים מִצְּדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 46:12
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born.
- Isaiah 28:23Listen to me; listen, and pay close attention.
- Isaiah 45:20“Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:1Listen as Wisdom calls out! Hear as understanding raises her voice!
- Ephesians 5:14for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
- Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
- Isaiah 48:4For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze.
- Psalms 76:5Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.
- Zechariah 7:11“Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
- Malachi 3:13“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
- Acts 7:51“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
- Psalms 119:150Lawless people are coming to attack me; they live far from your instructions.
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.
- Ephesians 2:13But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.
Commentaries on Isaiah 46:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted - This is an address to the Babylonians, stubbornly bent on the practice of injustice towards the Israelites.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Hearken unto me - This is designed to call the attention of the skeptical and unbelieving Jews to the important truth which he was delivering. Many among them might be disposed to say that the fulfillment was delayed, and he therefore calls upon them to attend particularly to his solemn declarations. Ye stout-hearted - The phrase stout-hearted‘ would naturally, denote those who were bold and courageous. But here it evidently means those whose hearts were…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the profuseness of idolaters shame the niggardliness of many who call themselves God's servants, but are for a religion which costs them nothing! The service of sin always costs a great deal. God puts it to them what senseless, helpless things idols are. Let, then, the Jews show themselves men, avoiding such abominations. Many Scripture prophecies, delivered…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Formerly, Israel cared little for doing right (literally righteousness; see also Isaiah 58:2; 59:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. stout-hearted--stubborn in resisting God (Psa 76:5; Ac 7:51). far from righteousness--(Is 59:9; Ha 2:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 46
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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