2 for they call themselves after the holy city,and lean on the God of Israel;the Lord of Hosts is His name:
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning;and they went forth from My mouth, and I announced them.Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew,and your brow bronze;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to you;before it came to pass I announced it to you,lest you should say,“My idol has done them,and my carved image and my molded image has commanded them.”
6 You have heard; see all this.And will you not declare it? I have shown you new things from this time,even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are created now and not from the beginning;even before the day when you did not hear them,lest you should say,“Yes, I knew them.”
8 You have not heard, you have not known,indeed, from long ago your ear has not been open.For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,and that from birth you have been called a rebel.