2. (for they call themselves citizens of the holy city,and rely on the God of Israel;the Lord of Hosts is his name):
3. I have declared the former things from of old;yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them.I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4. Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew,and your brow bronze;
5. therefore I have declared it to you from of old;before it came to pass I showed it to you;lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.’
6. You have heard it;see all this.And you, won’t you declare it?“I have shown you new things from this time,even hidden things, which you have not known.