Isaiah 48:1-7 ▼

1 |Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name):

3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they happened.

4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'

6 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? |I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you did not hear them; lest you should say, 'Look, I knew them.'