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.