The press fought back tenaciously, despite casualties.

But Israel s government, using all kinds of pretexts, stubbornly resisted.

This is wrongheaded it's time we cease being dogs.

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them

Merkel s now legendary obstinacy eventually might have to succumb to the imperatives of politics.

But they say, It is in vain for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

And they said, There is no hope but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

and you have done evil more than your fathers for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me

And ye have done worse than your fathers for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me

At that time they shall call Jerusalem 'The throne of Yahweh ' and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn't do them.

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do but they did them not.

China, meanwhile, with foreign reserves worth half its total output, denies with a straight face that it is deliberately manipulating the value of the renminbi.

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

Bush s subordinates authorized methods of interrogation that led to torture, and his administration adamantly resisted legislation that would ban its use.

European governments are adamantly opposed to capital punishment the European Union bans it outright and some Europeans consider its use in the United States barbaric.

But America's intransigence in this area is sparking protests in countries facing the threat of such an agreement, such as Morocco, and is forming the basis of long lasting resentment.

And, given the determination of both the Israeli and Iranian governments to use each other s intransigence as an excuse for their own, Europe must also be prepared to use its economic muscle on Iran if and when the mullahs reject Obama s extended hand.

In fairness to Blair, this is not mere stubbornness, as it seems to the case with Bush and his current and erstwhile minions, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and, of course, Vice President Dick Cheney.

The United States Federal Reserve Board has done a much better job, though it, too, has moved in fits and starts, repeatedly playing catch up with a crisis that has persistently remained one step ahead of policy.

For months, wise and responsible people had exhorted Israel to accept the ceasefire that the Hamas leadership in Gaza had proposed. But Israel s government, using all kinds of pretexts, stubbornly resisted.

Smarting from a loss in a tainted election, Albania s political opposition, obdurate and un comprising, is boycotting the country s parliament and holding weekly demonstrations at a time crucial to Albania s EU accession bid and its handling of a falling economy.

As the EU s Russia policy is blocked by the Polish government s intransigence, Russia blithely continues to sign more bilateral treaties with individual EU member states, most recently with Greece and Bulgaria.

Bilateral agreements form the basis of enhanced ties of friendship between countries. But America's intransigence in this area is sparking protests in countries facing the threat of such an agreement, such as Morocco, and is forming the basis of long lasting resentment.

Merkel s now legendary obstinacy eventually might have to succumb to the imperatives of politics. It is one thing to ignore European Commission President José Manuel Barroso s call for a more flexible economic policy, and quite another to dismiss out of hand the powerful message coming from French and Greek voters.

Even if I bring you a better guidance , he rejoined , than the one you found your fathers on ? Still they said We do not believe in what you have brought .

The prophet said , What ! Even if I bring to you a path better than what you found your forefathers following ? they said , We do not believe in whatever you have been sent with .

Say ' What , though I should bring you a better guidance than you found your fathers upon ? ' They say , ' We disbelieve in that you were sent with . '

The warner said What ! even though bring you a better guidance than that which ye found your fathers upon They said verily in that wherewith ye are sent we are disbelievers .

( The warner ) said Even if I bring you better guidance than that which you found your fathers following ? They said Verily , We disbelieve in that with which you have been sent .

He would say , Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your parents following ? They would say , We reject what you are sent with .

Each Prophet asked them Will you do so even if we were to show you a way better than the way of your forefathers ? They answered We disbelieve in the religion with which you have been sent .

Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following ? They answered Lo ! in what ye bring we are disbelievers .

Even if I bring you a better guidance than what you found your fathers following ? ! They would say , We indeed disbelieve in what you are sent with .

Say ' What then if I bring you a better guidance than that you found your fathers following ' But they reply ' We disbelieve in that you have been sent with . '

Each warner said , Even if I brought you better guidance than that religion upon which you found your fathers ? They said , Indeed we , in that with which you were sent , are disbelievers .

The Messengers would say , Would you still follow in the footsteps of your fathers even if I was to bring you better guidance ? They would say , We have no faith in your message .

( The warner ) said What ! even if I bring to you a better guide than that on which you found your fathers ? They said Surely we are unbelievers in that with which you are sent .

Each messenger said , What if I should bring you better guidance than what you found your forefathers had ? They replied , We reject any message you have been sent with !

Even if I brought you better guidance than that which ye found your fathers following ? They said For us , we deny that ye ( prophets ) are sent ( on a mission at all ) .