4. For I knew how stubborn you were;your neck muscles were iron,your forehead was bronze.
5. Therefore I told you these things long ago;before they happened I announced them to youso that you could not say,“My images brought them about;my wooden image and metal god ordained them.”
6. You have heard these things; look at them all.Will you not admit them?‘From now on I will tell you of new things,of hidden things unknown to you.
7. They are created now, and not long ago;you have not heard of them before today.So you cannot say,“Yes, I knew of them.”
8. You have neither heard nor understood;from of old your ears have not been open.Well do I know how treacherous you are;you were called a rebel from birth.
9. For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath;for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,so as not to destroy you completely.