2 (for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.’
6 You have heard it; see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before today you didn’t hear them; lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 Yes, you didn’t hear; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.