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do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
    as on the day of testing in the wilderness,

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    do not harden your hearts(A)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,

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14 Happy is the one who is never without fear,
    but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.(A)

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14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

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He called the place Massah[a] and Meribah,[b] because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17.7 That is, test
  2. 17.7 That is, quarrel

And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

11 But they refused to listen and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears in order not to hear.(A) 12 They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.(B)

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11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(D) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(E) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(F)

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20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him.(A)

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20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,(A) he was deposed from his royal throne(B) and stripped(C) of his glory.(D)

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But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me, because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.(A) See, I have made your face hard against their faces and your forehead hard against their foreheads. Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”(B)

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But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(B) But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(C) I will make your forehead(D) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(E) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(F)

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26 yet they did not listen to me or pay attention, but they stiffened their necks. They did worse than their ancestors did.(A)

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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)

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12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(A) 13 But encourage one another daily,(B) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(C)

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15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing,
        and they have shut their eyes,
        so that they might not look with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.’(A)

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15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
    will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)

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29 Whoever remains stiff-necked(A) after many rebukes
    will suddenly be destroyed(B)—without remedy.(C)

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56 Yet they tested the Most High God
    and rebelled against him.
    They did not observe his decrees(A)

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56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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18 They tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.(A)

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18 They willfully put God to the test(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.(B)

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He is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
    who has resisted him and succeeded?(A)

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