Because I knew that you were [a]obstinate,
And (A)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,

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  1. Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard

For I knew how stubborn(A) you were;
    your neck muscles(B) were iron,
    your forehead(C) was bronze.

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Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 You (A)stiff-necked[a] and (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

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  1. Acts 7:51 stubborn

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!

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And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a [a]stiff-necked people!

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  1. Exodus 32:9 stubborn

Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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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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11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their (C)hearts like flint, (D)refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. (E)Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy

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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27 (A)for I know your rebellion and your (B)stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death?

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27 For I know how rebellious(A) and stiff-necked(B) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

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13 but [a]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

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  1. Hebrews 3:13 encourage

13 But encourage one another daily,(A) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(B)

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But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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  1. Romans 2:5 unrepentant
  2. Romans 2:5 storing

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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15 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because (A)they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.’ ”

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15 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster(A) I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen(C) to my words.’”

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12 “Listen to Me, you (A)stubborn-hearted,
(B)Who are far from righteousness:

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12 Listen(A) to me, you stubborn-hearted,(B)
    you who are now far from my righteousness.(C)

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13 And he also (A)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (B)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

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13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath(A) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked(B) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your [a]ornaments, that I may (A)know what to do to you.’ ”

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  1. Exodus 33:5 jewelry

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.(A) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy(B) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’”

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Go up (A)to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest (B)I [a]consume you on the way, for you are a (C)stiff-necked[b] people.”

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  1. Exodus 33:3 destroy
  2. Exodus 33:3 stubborn

Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey.(A) But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked(B) people and I might destroy(C) you on the way.”

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