Isaiah 46:12
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
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ASV
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
KJV
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
(Verses 12, 13.) Hear me, you with hard hearts, who are far from justice. I have brought forth my justice: it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay. I will give salvation in Zion and my glory in Israel. LXX: Hear me, you who have lost heart, who are far from justice. I have brought forth my justice, and the salvation that is from me, I will not delay. I have given salvation in Zion and glory in Israel.
Hearken unto me, ye stout hearted,.... This is not an address to the Chaldeans, as Kimchi and others think, who were merciless and cruel to the Jews, and far from doing that which was right unto them, but oppressed them, and would not let them go; but to the Jews themselves, at least to the wicked and profligate among them, who were always a stouthearted, stiffnecked, and a rebellious people; and even those who made more presences to religion were only self-righteous, and were far from true righteousness.
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.
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted - This is an address to the Babylonians, stubbornly bent on the practice of injustice towards the Israelites.
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Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
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This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
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and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
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Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
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They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding…
