THEOSISNehemiah 9:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
וְהֵ֥ם וַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ הֵזִ֑ידוּ וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃
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- Neh 9:29And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Ps 81 (80):11
- Ps 81 (80):14
- Heb 3:15While it is said: To day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation.
- Rom 2:5But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God:
- Neh 9:10And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.
- Deut 31:27For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck. While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead?
- Ps 95 (94):8