7. “Now they shall be created and not long ago. And before this day you have not heard them, lest you should say, ‘Look, I knew them.’
8. “No, you have not heard; no, you have not known; no, from of old your ear has not been open. Because I knew that you are indeed treacherous, and are called ‘a transgressor from the womb.’
9. “For My Name’s sake I postponed My displeasure, and for My praise I held it back from you, so as not to cut you off.
10. “See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11. “For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it. For how is it profaned? And My esteem I do not give to another.
12. “Listen to Me, O Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yisra’ĕl, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.