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.
9 For the sake of my name I restrain my anger,for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you,lest I destroy you.
10 See, I refined you, but not like silver;I tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my sake, for my own sake, I do this;why should my name be profaned?My glory I will not give to another.