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Isaiah 48:4

The *Lord uses a powerful picture in words. The people were totally unwilling to change their opinions. So the *Lord says that their heads and necks were like metal. It is very difficult to bend metal, because it is too firm. And the people had such firm opinions that nobody could change their minds.

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See also Isaiah 48:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU ART OBSTINATE - I made these frequent predictions, and fulfilled them in this striking manner, because I knew that as a people, you were prone to unbelief, and in order that y...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A RECAPITULATION OF THE ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. To the original text a redactor has added a commentary (bracketed below) from a different standpoint. Whereas the prophet regarded Israel as having more...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THY NECK, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:9)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER THINGS— The proof is here again drawn from the prediction of casual future events; either because this argument is unanswerable, and adapted to every capacity, or because Is...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SOVEREIGN IN WISDOM, CHAPTER 48 a. PROOF TEXT: Isaiah 48:1-8 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU (ART) OBSTINATE - Hebrew, hard, (; , margin.) AND THY NECK IS AN IRON SINEW - i...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    48:4 brass, (h-18) Or 'bronze.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU ART OBSTINATE... — The point is that Jehovah foresees not only the conquests of Cyrus, but the obduracy of His own people. In Egypt (Jeremiah 44) and in Babylon, as of old, th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מִ דַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְ גִ֤יד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED Isaiah 48:1-16 We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we trust in idol...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Because I knew that (e) thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (e) I have done for you more than I promised, that your stubbornness and impudency might have been o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Brass; unblushing, Jeremias iii. 3. (Calmet) --- Os tuum ferreum. (Cicero, contra Pis.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! mark, I beseech you, what a gracious expostulation of the Lord is contained in these verses. The Lord retraces the subject from the beginning. He gives his people to see what they were, and wh...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._For I knew that thou art obstinate. _Literally it is, “On account of my knowing,” or, “From nay knowing.” Here the Lord solemnly declares by the Prophet, that it was on account of the hard-heartedn...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU ART OBSTINATE,.... Or "hard" a, hard hearted, an obdurate and rebellious people, contradicting and gainsaying: AND THY NECK IS AS AN IRON SINEW; stiffnecked, inflexible, not...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; Ver. 4. _Because I knew that thou art obstinate._] Heb., Hard, obdurate; therefore do I so inculcate the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I have declared_ That is, _predicted; the former things_ Those things which are already come to pass. These, opposed to _new things_, (Isaiah 48:6,) seem to intend the events foretold by Isaiah in th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Because I knew that thou art obstinate, hard of head and of heart, AND THY NECK IS AN IRON SINEW, inflexible, AND THY BROW BRASS, insisting upon going forward on its own sinful way, refusing to be gui...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OBSTINATE: _ Heb._ hard...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 The Jews valued themselves on descent from Jacob, and used the name of Jehovah as their God. They prided themselves respecting Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was no holiness in their lives....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BECAUSE I KNEW: therefore I gave thee the more and clearer demonstrations of my Divine nature and providence, because I knew thou wast an unbelieving and perverse nation, that would not easily nor wil...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 48:4 knew H1847 obstinate H7186 neck H6203 iron H1270 sinew H1517 brow H4696 bronze H5154 I knew -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH AND HIS INTENTION FOR THEM (ISAIAH 48:1). Isaiah 48:1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, And are come forth out of the waters of Judah....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    AN IRON NECK Thy neck is an iron sinew. Isaiah 48:4. How many of you have had a donkey-ride? I expect most of you, at some time or other, have enjoyed a trot on the back of a donkey. Perhaps it was...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE PROBABILITY AND USE OF INSPIRED PREDICTIONS Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things, &c._ I. Is it quite plain that any being that is distinguished above others must be exalted, either b...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 17:14; Acts 7:51;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I knew — Therefore I gave thee clearer demonstrations of my nature and providence, because I knew thou wast an unbelieving nation. Thy neck — Will not bow down to receive my yoke. Thy brow — Thou wast...

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