Isaiah 46:12

THE MESSAGE

"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."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen to me, you hardhearted,far removed from justice:

Hebrew Names Version
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

King James Version
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

English Standard Version
"Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:

New American Standard Bible
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.

New Century Version
Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from what is right.

Amplified Bible
"Listen to Me, you stiff-necked people, You who are far from righteousness (right standing with God).

World English Bible
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Hear Me, you stubborn of heart,Who are far from righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

Contemporary English Version
You people are stubborn and far from being safe, so listen to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Listen to me, you stubborn people, so far from righteousness:

Darby Translation
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen to me, you stubborn people! You are far from doing what is right.

George Lamsa Translation
Hearken to me, O you stubborn of heart, that are far from righteousness;

Good News Translation
"Listen to me, you stubborn people who think that victory is far away.

Lexham English Bible
Listen to me, strong of heart, far from righteousness!

Literal Translation
Listen to Me, mighty ones of heart who are far from righteousness:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare me, o ye that are of an hie stomack, but farre from rightuousnesse.

American Standard Version
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Bible in Basic English
Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

King James Version (1611)
Hearken vnto me, ye stout hearted, that are farre from righteousnesse.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare me O ye that are of an hye stomacke, but farre from righteousnesse:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hearken to me, ye senseless ones, that are far from righteousness:

English Revised Version
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye of hard herte, here me, that ben fer fro riytfulnesse.

Update Bible Version
Listen to me, you stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken to me, ye stout-hearted, that [are] far from righteousness:

New English Translation
Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.

New King James Version
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:

New Living Translation
"Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.

New Life Bible
"Listen to Me, you strong-willed people who are far from being right and good.

New Revised Standard
Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hearken unto me, Ye valiant of heart, - Who are far away from righteousness:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(46-11) Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.

Revised Standard Version
"Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:

Young's Literal Translation
Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.

Contextual Overview

⁵"So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either! ⁸"Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am God , the only God you've had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I'm in this for the long haul, I'll do exactly what I set out to do,' Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I've said it, and I'll most certainly do it. I've planned it, so it's as good as done. ¹²"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."

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

Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out on the journey with everything he owned. He arrived at Beersheba and worshiped, offering sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 46:3
God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there. I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."

Genesis 46:5
Then Jacob left Beersheba. Israel's sons loaded their father and their little ones and their wives on the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him. They arrived in Egypt with the livestock and the wealth they had accumulated in Canaan. Jacob brought everyone in his family with him—sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters. Everyone.

Genesis 46:8
These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

Genesis 46:12
Judah's sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (Er and Onan had already died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 46:19
The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, from his marriage to Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. They were born to him in Egypt. Benjamin's sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

Genesis 46:24
Naphtali's sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

Genesis 46:26
Summing up, all those who went down to Egypt with Jacob—his own children, not counting his sons' wives—numbered sixty-six. Counting in the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family who ended up in Egypt numbered seventy.

Genesis 46:30
Israel said to Joseph, "I'm ready to die. I've looked into your face—you are indeed alive."

Numbers 1:7
from Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab

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.