Now {it is} in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it {is} a stiffnecked people:

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired {it} for his habitation.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and {being} guilty, {they offered} a ram of the flock for their trespass.

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. {submitted...: Heb. gave the hand under Solomon}

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that {were} on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. {provocations: Heb. angers}

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD {already}, ye intend to add {more} to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and {there is} fierce wrath against Israel.

They have seen thy goings, O God; {even} the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will {my} Father honour.

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. {instruments: Gr. arms, or, weapons}

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels {among them}.

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD {is} upon you.

To see thy power and thy glory, so {as} I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Because I knew that thou {art} obstinate, and thy neck {is} an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; {obstinate: Heb. hard}

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. {for this...: or, till this matter be dispatched}

Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. {instruments: Gr. arms, or, weapons}

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it {is} a stiffnecked people:

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.

Lift not up your horn on high: speak {not with} a stiff neck.

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it {is} the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

For {they are} impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. {impudent: Heb. hard of face}

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and {being} guilty, {they offered} a ram of the flock for their trespass.

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou {art} a stiffnecked people.

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

And {this they did}, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these {things}, he shall not escape.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. {submitted...: Heb. gave the hand under Solomon}

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.