Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah 48:4 in other translations
| BSB | For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. |
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| WEB | Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze; |
| ASV | Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; |
| YLT | From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass, |
| DARBY | Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass, |
| BBE | Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass; |
| Webster | Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; |
What does Isaiah 48:4 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 48:1-8
The Jews reproved for their idolatry. (Is. 48:1-8) Yet deliverance is promised them. (Is. 48:9-15) Solemn warnings of judgment upon those who persisted in evil. (Is. 48:16-22) Verses 1-8 The Jews valued themselves on descent from Jacob, and used the name of Jehovah as their God. They prided themselves respecting Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was no holiness in their lives. If we are not sincere in religion, we…
Isaiah 48:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 48:4
- Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
- Exodus 32:9
And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
- Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Ezekiel 3:4-9
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. …
- Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Jeremiah 19:15
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
- Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?
- Exodus 33:5
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
- Psalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
- Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
46:12; Ps 78:8; Zec 7:11,12
obstinate. Heb. hard.
Jer 5:3; Eze 3:4-7; Da 5:20; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13
and they.
Ex 32:9; 33:3,5; De 10:16; 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:13
Ne 9:16,17,28; Ps 75:5; Pr 29:1; Jer 7:26; 19:15; Zec 7:12; Ac 7:51
thy brow.
Jer 3:3; Eze 3:7-9
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Context
- Isaiah 48:3
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Isaiah 48:5
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Isaiah 48:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque conozco que eres duro, y nervio de hierro tu cerviz, y tu frente de metal, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Parce que je savais que tu es obstiné, et que ton cou est une barre de fer, et ton front, d’airain, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Weil ich wußte, daß du hart bist, und daß dein Nacken eine eiserne Sehne und deine Stirn von Erz ist, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua ærea. |