¹⁴ and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

²⁷ for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.

⁵¹ `Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

¹² See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

⁷ Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear --

⁸ ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

⁴ or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

⁵ but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²⁶ And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

⁴ From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

¹ A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

²⁴ And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

³² With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

²² For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.

¹³ and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.

³² `And in this thing ye are not stedfast in Jehovah your God,

⁹ And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it `is' a stiff-necked people;