1. Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’and are descended from Judah,who take oaths in the name of the Lord,and invoke the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner.
2. Indeed, they live in the holy city;they trust in the God of Israel,whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
3. “I announced events beforehand,I issued the decrees and made the predictions;suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
4. I did this because I know how stubborn you are.Your neck muscles are like ironand your forehead like bronze.
5. I announced them to you beforehand;before they happened, I predicted them for you,so you could never say,‘My image did these things,my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
6. You have heard; now look at all the evidence!Will you not admit that what I say is true?From this point on I am announcing to you new eventsthat are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.
7. Now they come into being, not in the past;before today you did not hear about them,so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’