1. Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel,and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lordand confess the God of Israel,but not in truth or right.
2. For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel;the Lord of hosts is his name.
3. “The former things I declared of old;they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4. Because I know that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead brass,
5. I declared them to you from of old,before they came to pass I announced them to you,lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
6. “You have heard; now see all this;and will you not declare it?From this time forth I announce to you new things,hidden things that you have not known.
7. They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’