Verse 4
Isaiah 48:4
English Revised Version
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ/דַּעְתִּ֕/י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְ/גִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔/ךָ וּ/מִצְחֲ/ךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה
English Translation
For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is like iron and your forehead like bronze.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 48 Context
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I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed th...
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou...
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Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things f...
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They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou sho...
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Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew...
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For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut th...
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10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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11
For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory...
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12
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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13
Yea, mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens:...
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14
Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath lo...
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I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prospe...
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Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time th...
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17
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God (Elohim), which tea...
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18
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteo...
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thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his nam...
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