Harsh קָשֶׁה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jul 30, 2025 · 3m

We are in chapter six of Exodus. Our word for today is one of the two reasons why the people did not listen to Moses sharing all the amazing things God was about to do. Let’s look at our word for today. קָשֶׁה hard, difficult, severe, strict, heavy, stubborn. It is used 36 times the Old Testament. We find our word used in the sense of stiffening the neck as a figurative expression of refusing to listen. Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם [literally harden the neck] stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline. Jeremiah…