⁹ “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked^(A) people.

²⁷ For I know how rebellious^(A) and stiff-necked^(B) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

⁴ The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.^(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’^(B)

⁷ But the people of Israel are not willing to listen^(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.^{(B) 8} But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.^{(C) 9} I will make your forehead^(D) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.^(E) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.^(F)”