Isaiah 46:12

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

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

The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.

"Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?'

"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.

Thus says the LORD: "What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.