Lexicon :: Strong's H6203 - ʿōrep̄

“Judah, your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies;

your father’s sons will bow down to you.

“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[fn] and will throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[fn]

The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

“Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up with you because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

For the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.”

Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.”

“He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

“Understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

“The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

“Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

“For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the LORD now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

“What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

“This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you what is set apart.

You have made my enemies retreat before me;[fn]

I annihilate those who hate me.

But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like[fn] their ancestors who did not believe the LORD their God.

“For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned him, turned their faces away from the LORD’s dwelling place, and turned their backs on him.[fn]

“Don’t become obstinate[fn] now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance[fn] to the LORD, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate[fn] and hardened his heart against returning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

But our ancestors acted arrogantly;

they became stiff-necked and did not listen to your commands.

You warned them to turn back to your law,

but they acted arrogantly

and would not obey your commands.

They sinned against your ordinances,

which a person will live by if he does them.

They stubbornly resisted,[fn]

stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

I was at ease, but he shattered me;

he seized me by the scruff of the neck

and smashed me to pieces.

He set me up as his target;

You have made my enemies retreat before me;[fn]

I annihilate those who hate me.

One who becomes stiff-necked,

after many reprimands

will be shattered instantly —

beyond recovery.

“Because I know that you are stubborn,

and your neck is iron[fn]

and your forehead bronze,

say to a tree, “You are my father,”

and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”

For they have turned their back to me

and not their face,

yet in their time of disaster they beg,

“Rise up and save us! ”

“However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.

“They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.

I will show them[fn] my back and not my face

on the day of their calamity.

“This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to bring on this city ​— ​and on all its cities ​— ​every disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying my words.’ ”

“They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,[fn] they do not listen and receive discipline.

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”