Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 48:4
4For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead 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
2For they call themselves by the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel, Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name. 3“I foretold the former things long ago. They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to be heard. Suddenly I acted, so they came about. For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze. 5So I foretold it to you long ago. before it came about I made you hear, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my carved image, yes, my molded image commanded them.’ 6You have heard. See all of it. So will you not admit it? I proclaim to you new things from now on—hidden things that you have not known.
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 stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
- Psalms 78:8So they will not be like their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, whose spirit was not loyal to God.
- Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention. They stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears from hearing.
- Jeremiah 5:3Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
- Ezekiel 3:4Then He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- Romans 2:5But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Hebrews 3:13But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Exodus 32:9Adonai said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
- Exodus 33:3Head up into a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not move within the midst of you, so that I do not destroy you along the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
- Deuteronomy 10:16“Circumcise the foreskin of your heart therefore, and do not be stiff-necked anymore.
- Deuteronomy 31:27for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Indeed, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Adonai—how much more then after my death?
- 2 Kings 17:14Yet they would not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not trust in Adonai their God.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not stiffen your neck as your fathers did, but reconcile to Adonai, and come to His Temple, which He has consecrated forever, and worship Adonai your God that His burning anger may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him take an oath by God. He also stiffened his neck and hardened his heart so as not to turn to Adonai, the God of Israel.
- Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our ancestors, became arrogant. They stiffened their neck and did not obey Your mitzvot.
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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