Isaiah 48:1-7 ▼

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

2 For they call themselves after the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

3 The former things I declared long ago, they went out from my mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.

4 Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

5 I declared them to you from long ago, before they came to pass I announced them to you, so that you would not say, “My idol did them, my carved image and my cast image commanded them.”

6 You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forward I make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known.

7 They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, so that you could not say, “I already knew them.”