I knew how stubborn you were. Your neck muscles were as unbending as iron. Your forehead was as hard as bronze.

因为我素来知道你是顽梗的，你的颈项是铁的；你的额是铜的。

因为我知道你是顽梗的；你的颈项是铁的，你的额头是铜的。

因为我知道你是顽梗的；你的颈项是铁的，你的额头是铜的。

我知道你顽梗，有铁一般的颈项，铜一般的额头。

因为我知道你是顽固的，你的颈项是铁的，你的额是铜的，

我知道你是顽梗的，你的颈项是铁的，你的额头是铜的，

因為我素來知道你是頑梗的－你的頸項是鐵的；你的額是銅的。

因為我知道你是頑梗的；你的頸項是鐵的，你的額頭是銅的。

因為我知道你是頑梗的；你的頸項是鐵的，你的額頭是銅的。

我知道你頑梗，有鐵一般的頸項，銅一般的額頭。

因為我知道你是頑固的，你的頸項是鐵的，你的額是銅的，

因為我知道你剛愎，你脖子是鐵的肌肉，你的額是銅的，

我知道你是頑梗的，你的頸項是鐵的，你的額頭是銅的，

我素知爾剛愎、爾項乃鐵、爾額乃銅、

我知爾剛愎性成、鐵項銅額、

我知爾乃頑梗、鐵項銅額、

For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.

Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze.

Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,

Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron tendon And your forehead bronze,

Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,

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.

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

“ You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!

“ I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses.“ They are stubborn.

Whoever still won’t obey after being warned many times will suddenly be destroyed. Nothing can save them.

But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’ s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.

Don’t show it off against me. Don’t talk back to me.’ ”

Go up to the land that has plenty of milk and honey. But I will not go with you. You are stubborn. I might destroy you on the way.”

“ The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,‘ Listen! I am going to punish this city and all the villages around it. I am going to bring against them all the trouble I have announced. That’s because my people were stubborn. They would not listen to what I said.’ ”

I know how you refuse to obey the Lord. I know how stubborn you are. You have refused to obey him while I’ve been living among you. So you will certainly refuse to obey him after I’m dead!

Zedekiah also refused to remain under the control of King Nebuchadnezzar. The king had forced Zedekiah to make a promise in God’s name. But Zedekiah’s heart became very stubborn. He wouldn’t turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.

But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.

But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks.

Listen to me, you stubborn people. Pay attention, you who now refuse to do what I have said is right.

The Lord had said to Moses,“ Tell the Israelites,‘ You are stubborn. If I went with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your jewelry. Then I will decide what to do with you.’ ”

So don’t be stubborn anymore. Obey the Lord.

But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.

But his heart became very stubborn and proud. So he was removed from his royal throne. His glory was stripped away from him.

Don’t be stubborn. Don’t be as your people were. Obey the Lord. Come to his temple. He has set it apart to himself forever. Serve the Lord your God. Then he’ll stop being angry with you.

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

So I have held back the showers. I have kept the spring rains from falling. But you still have the bold face of a prostitute. You refuse to blush with shame.

“ But our people before us became proud and stubborn. They didn’t obey your commands.They refused to listen to you. They forgot the miracles you had done among them. So they became stubborn. When they refused to obey you, they appointed a leader for themselves. They wanted to go back to being slaves in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives. You are gracious. You are tender and kind. You are slow to get angry. You are full of love. So you didn’t desert them.

They would not be like their people who lived long ago. Those people were stubborn. They refused to obey God. They turned away from him. Their spirits were not faithful to him.

Then he said to me,“ Son of man, go to the people of Israel. Give them my message.I am not sending you to people who speak another language that is hard to learn. Instead, I am sending you to the people of Israel.You are not being sent to many nations whose people speak other languages that are hard to learn. You would not be able to understand them. Suppose I had sent you to them. Then they certainly would have listened to you.But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.But I will make you just as stubborn as they are.I will make you very brave. So do not be afraid of them. Do not let them terrify you, even though they refuse to obey me.”

But your people of long ago did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. They were stubborn. They did more evil things than their people who lived before them.

“ Then the people were enjoying peace and rest again. That’s when they did what you did not want them to do. Then you handed them over to their enemies. So their enemies ruled over them. When they cried out to you again, you heard them from heaven. You loved them very much. So you saved them time after time.