Isaiah 48:4

Overview - Isaiah 48
God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinancy, revealed his prophecies.
He saves them for his own sake.
12 He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence.
16 He laments their backwardness.
20 He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon.
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Isaiah 48:4  (King James Version)
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
 


I knew
46:12 Psalms 78:8 ; Zechariah 7:11 Zechariah 7:12

obstinate
Hebrew hard.
Jeremiah 5:3 ; Ezekiel 3:4-7 ; Daniel 5:20 ; Romans 2:5 ; Hebrews 3:13

and they
Exodus 32:9 ; Exodus 33:3 Exodus 33:5 Deuteronomy 10:16 ; 31:27 2 Kings 17:14 ; 2 Chronicles 30:8 ; 36:13
Nehemiah 9:16 Nehemiah 9:17 Nehemiah 9:28 ; Psalms 75:5 ; Proverbs 29:1 ; Jeremiah 7:26 ; 19:15 Zechariah 7:12 ; Acts 7:51

thy brow
Jeremiah 3:3 ; Ezekiel 3:7-9