The Stubbornness of Israel

29. testifiedst Cf. 2 Kings 17:13, -Yet the Lord testified unto Israel and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer."

dealt proudly Cf. Nehemiah 9:16.

which if a man do, he shall live in them Quoted from Leviticus 18:5, as also in Ezekiel 20:11. Cf. Luke 10:28, -This do and thou shalt live."

withdrew the shoulder R.V. marg. -Heb. they gave a stubborn shoulder". The metaphor of an ox refusing to submit to the yoke, as applied to Israel, who rejected the service of Jehovah, is familiar to us from Hosea 4:16; Zechariah 7:11.

hardened their neck Cf. Nehemiah 9:17.

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