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.
9 For My name’s sake I will defer My anger,and for My praise I will restrain it for youso that you are not cut off.
10 See, I have refined you, but not with silver;I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, even for My own sake, I will do it;for how can My name be polluted?And I will not give My glory to another.
12 Listen to Me, O Jacoband Israel, whom I called:I am He;I am the First, and I am the Last.
13 My hand also has laid the foundation of the earth,and My right hand has spanned the heavens;when I call to them,they stand up together.
14 Assemble, all of you, and listen.Who among them has declared these things?The Lord has loved him;he will do His pleasure on Babylon,and His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.