Isaiah 48:4

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 48

“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”Isaiah 48:4

What Does Isaiah 48:4 Mean?

Isaiah 48:4 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 48, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 48:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Acts 7:51“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”Exodus 32:9“And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:”Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.”Proverbs 29:1“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”Ezekiel 3:4“And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.”Romans 2:5“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”Jeremiah 5:3“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.”Jeremiah 19:15“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.”Deuteronomy 31:27“For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?”Exodus 33:5“For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.”Exodus 33:3“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.”Psalms 75:5“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.”Psalms 78:8“And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”2 Chronicles 36:13“And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.”Isaiah 46:12“Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:”Deuteronomy 10:16“Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.”2 Kings 17:14“Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.”2 Chronicles 30:8“Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.”Jeremiah 3:3“Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.”Jeremiah 7:26“Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.”

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