1. Hear this, house of Jacobcalled by the name Israel,sprung from the stock of Judah,You who swear by the name of the Lordand invoke the God of Israelwithout sincerity, without justice,
2. Though you are named after the holy cityand rely on the God of Israel,whose name is the Lord of hosts.
3. Things of the past I declared long ago,they went forth from my mouth, I announced them;then suddenly I took action and they came to be.
4. Because I know that you are stubbornand that your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead bronze,
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.
12. Listen to me, Jacob,Israel, whom I called!I, it is I who am the first,and am I the last.
13. Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth;my right hand spread out the heavens.When I summon them,they stand forth at once.
14. All of you assemble and listen:Who among you declared these things?The one the Lord loves shall do his willagainst Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea.