Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah — Isaiah — Scripture, Old Testament.
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1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
This is applicable to the Jewish nation when they rejected the gospel of Christ; though they followed after the law of righteousness, they attained not to righteousness, because they sought it not by faith, Rom. ix. They perished far from righteousness; and it was because they were stout-hearted, Rom. x.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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