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-# became stubborn
+# were stiff-necked
 
-The literal statement is "they hardened their necks." If your language has a different idiom for being stubborn, you may want to use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
+This is an idiom that means that they were stubborn. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
 
 # the wonders that you had done among them