1. Hear this, O house of Jacob,who are called by the name of Israel,and have come forth from the waters of Judah;who swear by the name of the Lord,and invoke the God of Israel,but not in truth or in righteousness;
2. for they call themselves after the holy city,and lean on the God of Israel;the Lord of Hosts is His name:
3. I have declared the former things from the beginning;and they went forth from My mouth, and I announced them.Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4. Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew,and your brow bronze;
5. I have even from the beginning declared it to you;before it came to pass I announced it to you,lest you should say,“My idol has done them,and my carved image and my molded image has commanded them.”