4 I did that because I knew you were stubborn. You were like iron that will not bend, with heads as hard as bronze.
5 So long ago I told you what would happen. I told you about those things long before they happened. I did this so that you could not say, ‘The gods we made did this. Our idols, our statues, made this happen.’”
6 “You heard what I said would happen. And you can see it has all been done. Shouldn’t you tell this to others? Now I will tell you about new things, secrets you have not known before.
7 This is something that is happening now, not long ago. You have not heard about it before today. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew that.’
8 But even in the past you didn’t listen. You didn’t learn anything. You never listen to what I say. I have always known that you would turn against me. You have rebelled against me from the time you were born.
9 “But I will be patient. I will do this for myself. People will praise me for not becoming angry and destroying you. You will praise me for waiting.
10 “Look, I will make you pure, but not in the way you make silver pure. I will make you pure by giving you troubles.