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Isaiah 46:12
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Listen to me, you hardhearted,far removed from justice:
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
"Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.
Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from what is right.
"Listen to Me, you stiff-necked people, You who are far from righteousness (right standing with God).
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.
"Hear Me, you stubborn of heart,Who are far from righteousness.
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Listen to me, you stubborn people, so far from righteousness:
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
"Listen to me, you stubborn people! You are far from doing what is right.
Hearken to me, O you stubborn of heart, that are far from righteousness;
"Listen to me, you stubborn people who think that victory is far away.
Listen to me, strong of heart, far from righteousness!
Listen to Me, mighty ones of heart who are far from righteousness:
Heare me, o ye that are of an hie stomack, but farre from rightuousnesse.
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:
Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Hearken vnto me, ye stout hearted, that are farre from righteousnesse.
Heare me O ye that are of an hye stomacke, but farre from righteousnesse:
Hearken to me, ye senseless ones, that are far from righteousness:
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Ye of hard herte, here me, that ben fer fro riytfulnesse.
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Hearken to me, ye stout-hearted, that [are] far from righteousness:
Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:
"Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.
"Listen to Me, you strong-willed people who are far from being right and good.
Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:
Hearken unto me, Ye valiant of heart, - Who are far away from righteousness:
(46-11) Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
"Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:
Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
"Now listen to me: You're a hardheaded bunch and hard to help. I'm ready to help you right now. Deliverance is not a long-range plan. Salvation isn't on hold. I'm putting salvation to work in Zion now, and glory in Israel."
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hearken: Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 28:23, Isaiah 45:20, Psalms 49:1, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:1-5, Ephesians 5:14, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18
ye stouthearted: Isaiah 48:4, Psalms 76:5, Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:12, Malachi 3:13-15, Acts 7:51
that: Psalms 119:150, Psalms 119:155, Jeremiah 2:5, Ephesians 2:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:19 - thine heart Isaiah 9:9 - in the pride Isaiah 42:21 - well Mark 4:3 - Hearken
Cross-References
She had one more son and named him Judah, because she said, "I'll praise the Lord !"
But Er was very evil, and the Lord took his life.
The Lord wasn't pleased with Onan and took his life too.
Jacob packed up everything he owned and left for Egypt. On the way he stopped near the town of Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God his father Isaac had worshiped.
God said, "I am God, the same God your father worshiped. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation.
Jacob and his family set out from Beersheba and headed for Egypt. His sons put him in the wagon that the king had sent for him, and they put their small children and their wives in the other wagons. Jacob's whole family went to Egypt, including his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters. They took along their animals and everything else they owned.
When Jacob went to Egypt, his children who were born in northern Syria also went along with their families. Jacob and his wife Leah had a total of thirty-three children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, but two of their grandchildren had died in Canaan. Their oldest son Reuben took his sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their son Simeon took his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, whose mother was a Canaanite. Their son Levi took his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Their son Judah took his sons Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Judah's sons Er and Onan had died in Canaan. Judah's son Perez took his sons Hezron and Hamul. Their son Issachar took his sons Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron. Their son Zebulun took his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. Their daughter Dinah also went.
Jacob and Rachel had fourteen children and grandchildren. Their son Joseph was already in Egypt, where he had married Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of Heliopolis. Joseph and Asenath had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Jacob and Rachel's son Benjamin took his sons Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Sixty-six members of Jacob's family went to Egypt with him, not counting his daughters-in-law.
Jacob's two grandsons who were born there made it a total of seventy members of Jacob's family in Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hearken unto me, ye stout hearted,.... This is not an address to the Chaldeans, as Kimchi and others think, who were merciless and cruel to the Jews, and far from doing that which was right unto them, but oppressed them, and would not let them go; but to the Jews themselves, at least to the wicked and profligate among them, who were always a stouthearted, stiffnecked, and a rebellious people; and even those who made more presences to religion were only self-righteous, and were far from true righteousness. The whole may be applied to all persons destitute of the grace of God, professors or profane, who are stout or stubborn hearted; have hard and impenitent hearts; proud and haughty in their hearts; proud of their wisdom, power, and strength; stout in their hearts against God, as appears by their words and actions; oppose themselves to the people of God, his word and ordinances; and some so daring as to make a mock at sin, at religion, and a future state, and outbrave death itself; though when God calls them to an account, as he sometimes does by his judgments here, and will at the last judgment hereafter; or by the workings of his Spirit upon them, convincing them of sin, righteousness, and judgment; their hearts fail, and they cannot be strong and endure; when his word comes with power, and they hear it, and feel the energy of it, they are cut to the heart, and their stout and proud spirits are brought down, and made to submit: even such
that are far from righteousness; as all men are in a state of nature, none are righteous, no, not one, but are full of all unrighteousness; even those that are the most righteous and religious, externally, are without a righteousness; they do not attain to one by the law of works; they go about to establish their own, and do not submit to the righteousness of God, and so are far from it: and indeed all God's elect, in a state of unregeneracy, are far from any knowledge of the righteousness of Christ, they not being yet convinced of the need of it, and it having not yet been revealed and applied unto them, and received by faith; now these are called upon to hear the word externally, which coming with power, causes them to hear spiritually what follows:
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hearken unto me - This is designed to call the attention of the skeptical and unbelieving Jews to the important truth which he was delivering. Many among them might be disposed to say that the fulfillment was delayed, and he therefore calls upon them to attend particularly to his solemn declarations.
Ye stout-hearted - The phrase ‘stout-hearted’ would naturally, denote those who were bold and courageous. But here it evidently means those whose hearts were strong against God; who nerved themselves to resist and oppose his plans and government; who were stubborn and rebellious.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 46:12. Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted - This is an address to the Babylonians, stubbornly bent on the practice of injustice towards the Israelites.