And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
Deuteronomy 9:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Furthermore the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Furthermore the Lord said to me, I have seen this people, and behold, they are stubborn and hard. American Standard Version (1901) Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Common English Bible The LORD said more to me: “I have seen this people. Look! What a stubborn people they are! Catholic Public Domain Version And again, the Lord said to me: 'I discern that this people is stiff-necked. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked. |
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.”
But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd harlotries, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?”
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the Lord.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel is defiled.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are; behold, while I am yet alive with you, today you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more after my death!
“Know therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.