⁹ “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked^(A) people.

⁶ Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.^(A)

¹⁶ Circumcise^(A) your hearts,^(B) therefore, and do not be stiff-necked^(C) any longer.

¹⁴ But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked^(A) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God.

²⁶ But they did not listen to me or pay attention.^(A) They were stiff-necked^(B) and did more evil than their ancestors.’^(C)

²³ Yet they did not listen or pay attention;^(A) they were stiff-necked^(B) and would not listen or respond to discipline.^(C)

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked people!^(A) Your hearts^(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!