4 Because I know that you are stubborn,and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,
5 therefore I declared to you long ago.I announced it to you before it occurred,so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;my carved image and cast idol control them.’
6 You have heard it. Observe it all.Will you not acknowledge it?From now on I will announce new things to you,hidden things that you have not known.
7 They have been created now, and not long ago;you have not heard of them before today,so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them! ’
8 You have never heard; you have never known;For a long time your ears have not been open.For I knew that you were very treacherous,and were known as a rebel from birth.
9 I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,so that you will not be destroyed.
10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.