1“Hear this, house of Jacob, who are named Israel

And who came from the waters of Judah,

Who swear by the name of the LORD

And invoke the God of Israel,

But not in truth nor in righteousness.

2“For they name themselves after the holy city,

And lean on the God of Israel;

The LORD of armies is His name.

3“I declared the former things long ago,

And they went out of My mouth, and I proclaimed them.

Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

4“Because I know that you are [a]obstinate,

And your neck is an iron tendon

And your forehead bronze,

5Therefore I declared them to you long ago,

Before [b]they took place I proclaimed them to you,

So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them,

And my carved image and my cast metal image have commanded them.’

6“You have heard; look at all this.

And you, will you not declare it?

I proclaim to you new things from this time,

Hidden things which you have not known.

7“They are created now and not long ago;

And before today you have not heard them,

So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

8“You have not heard, you have not known.

Even from long ago your ear has not been open,

Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;

And you have been called a [c]rebel from [d]birth.

9“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,

And for My praise I restrain it for you,

In order not to cut you off.

10“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

11“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;

For how can My name be profaned?

And I will not give My glory to another.

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