⁶ “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are ^(A)a stubborn people.

¹⁶ Circumcise therefore ^(A)the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer ^(B)stubborn.

^51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, ^(B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. ^(C)As your fathers did, so do you.

²⁷ For I know how rebellious and ^(A)stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, ^(B)you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!

The Golden Calf

^13 (A)“Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is ^(B)a stubborn people.

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, ^(A)it is a stiff-necked people.

¹¹ But ^(A)they refused to pay attention ^(B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.^{[a] 12 (C)}They made their hearts diamond-hard ^(D)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^(E)by his Spirit through ^(F)the former prophets. ^(G)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.

⁴⁴ And you shall know that I am the Lord, ^(A)when I deal with you for my name's sake, ^(B)not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

⁴ The descendants also are ^(A)impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’