8 Certainly thou hast never heard this; certainly thou hast never known this; certainly thine ear was never before opened: for I knew that being unfaithful thou would disobey; therefore, I called thee a rebel from the womb.
9 For my name’s sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will wait patiently for thee that I not cut thee off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, I will do it, for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Certainly my hand founded the earth, and my right hand measured the heavens with the palm; as I named them, they appeared together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; who is there among them that declares these things? The Lord has loved him, the one who will execute his will on Babylon and his arm upon the Chaldeans.