World English Bible
"Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;"
— Isaiah 48:4, World English 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, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; ”
“I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.”
“For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.”
“Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;”
“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”
"Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'
You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? "I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'