Then Adonai came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of man had built.
Deuteronomy 9:13 - Tree of Life Version Furthermore Adonai spoke to me saying, ‘I have seen this people, and it is indeed a stiff-necked 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. |
Then Adonai came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of man had built.
I want to go down now, and see if they deserve destruction, as its outcry has come to Me. And if not, I will know.”
Yet they would not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not trust in Adonai their God.
“Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”
Has this House, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Look, even I have seen it!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim’s prostitution is there, Israel has become unclean.
“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
“Circumcise the foreskin of your heart therefore, and do not be stiff-necked anymore.
for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. Indeed, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Adonai—how much more then after my death?
So you should understand that it is not because of your righteousness that Adonai your God is giving you this good land to possess—for you are a stiff-necked people.