1 Hear this, house of Jacobcalled by the name Israel,sprung from the stock of Judah,You who swear by the name of the Lordand invoke the God of Israelwithout sincerity, without justice,
2 Though you are named after the holy cityand rely on the God of Israel,whose name is the Lord of hosts.
3 Things of the past I declared long ago,they went forth from my mouth, I announced them;then suddenly I took action and they came to be.
4 Because I know that you are stubbornand that your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead bronze,
5 I declared them to you of old;before they took place I informed you,That you might not say, “My idol did them,my statue, my molten image commanded them.”