1. Listen to this, people of Israel,you that are descended from Judah:You swear by the name of the Lordand claim to worship the God of Israel —but you don't mean a word you say.
2. And yet you are proud to saythat you are citizens of the holy cityand that you depend on Israel's God,whose name is the Lord Almighty.
3. The Lord says to Israel,“Long ago I predicted what would take place;then suddenly I made it happen.
4. I knew that you would prove to be stubborn,as rigid as iron and unyielding as bronze.