Isaiah 46:12

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Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Because I knew that - Obstinate, thou wast, - And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,

The valiant of heart have become a spoil, They have slumbered their sleep, And none of the men of might have found their hands.

Howbeit they refused to give heed, but put forth a rebellious shoulder, - and, their ears, made they hard of hearing, that they might not hear;

Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, - and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in hearts and in ears, ye, always, against the Holy Spirit, do strive! As your fathers, ye also:

They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

Thus, saith Yahweh, - What did your fathers find in me by way of perversity, that they removed far from me, - and went after vanity, and became vain?

But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;