8 You have neither heard nor understood;from of old your ears have not been open.Well do I know how treacherous you are;you were called a rebel from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath;for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,so as not to destroy you completely.
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.How can I let myself be defamed?I will not yield my glory to another.
12 ‘Listen to me, Jacob,Israel, whom I have called:I am he;I am the first and I am the last.
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,and my right hand spread out the heavens;when I summon them,they all stand up together.
14 ‘Come together, all of you, and listen:which of the idols has foretold these things?The Lord’s chosen allywill carry out his purpose against Babylon;his arm will be against the Babylonians.