The appeal to the 'stubborn of heart' who are 'far from my righteousness' names the resistance to divine message within Israel itself, not merely external opponents. Stubbornness (qesha) implies willful refusal to hear, suggesting that exile's spiritual crisis involves not just external displacement but internal hardening. The phrase 'far from righteousness' indicates theological drift, where Israel's own unfaithfulness mirrors and compounds the exile's devastation. This verse acknowledges that prophecy faces resistance even from those most in need of restoration.

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