And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Deuteronomy 9:13 - American Standard Version 2015 Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak;\par\tab O Israel, and I will testify unto thee:\par\tab I am God, {\i even} thy God.
I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?\par
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.\par
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is {\i found} in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner {\i from his right}, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.