The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.
Deuteronomy 9:13 - New Revised Standard Version Furthermore the Lord said to me, “I have seen that this people is indeed a stubborn 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. |
The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.
I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.”
They would not listen but were stubborn, as their ancestors 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 shameless prostitutions on the hills of the countryside. 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 sight? You know, I too am watching, says the Lord.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there, Israel is defiled.
Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.
For I know well how rebellious and stubborn you are. If you already have been so rebellious toward the Lord while I am still alive among you, how much more after my death!
Know, then, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to occupy because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.