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.”
6 Now that you have heard, look at all this;must you not admit it?From now on I announce new things to you,hidden events you never knew.
7 Now, not from of old, they are created,before today you did not hear of them,so that you cannot claim, “I have known them.”
8 You never heard, you never knew,they never reached your ears beforehand.Yes, I know you are utterly treacherous,a rebel you were named from the womb.