Isaiah 48:4

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

From my knowing that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze,

Latin

Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua ærea.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Isaiah 48:1–11

This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.

Isaiah 48:1–22

The Lord urges Israel to abandon its long history of rebellion and pay attention to his words. In Hebrew, the word for listening often means the same as obeying or acting on what is heard.

Isaiah 47:1–48:22

We can draw two conclusions from the earlier evidence that the Lord alone is God:

Babylon's great pride is foolish (Isaiah 47:1–15);
Israel should listen to the word of the Lord (Isaiah 48:1–22).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Exodus 32:9
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Zechariah 7:11–12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Ezekiel 3:4–9
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
Romans 2:5
But 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.
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.’”
Jeremiah 5:3
O 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.
Deuteronomy 31:27
For 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!
Exodus 33:5
For 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.’”
Psalm 78:8
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalm 75:5
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

Glossary

Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Brass: Figurative Copper Brass: Obstinate Sinners Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Iron of Stubbornness Self-Will and Stubbornness: God Knows Self-Will: God Knows Sinews: General Scriptures Concerning

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