4. For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
5. I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
6. See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:
7. They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
8. Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
9. For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
10. Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
11. For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
12. Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.