2 For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel;the Lord of hosts is his name.
3 “The former things I declared of old;they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4 Because I know that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead brass,
5 I declared them to you from of old,before they came to pass I announced them to you,lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
6 “You have heard; now see all this;and will you not declare it?From this time forth I announce to you 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,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 You have never heard, you have never known,from of old your ear has not been opened.For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,and that from before birth you were called a rebel.