7. They are created now and not from the beginning;And before this day you have not heard them,Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8. Surely you did not hear,Surely you did not know;Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,And were called a transgressor from the womb.
9. “For My name’s sake I will defer My anger,And for My praise I will restrain it from you,So that I do not cut you off.
10. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11. For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;For how should My name be profaned?And I will not give My glory to another.
12. “Listen to Me, O Jacob,And Israel, My called:I am He, I am the First,I am also the Last.
13. Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;When I call to them,They stand up together.
14. “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!Who among them has declared these things?The Lord loves him;He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15. I, even I, have spoken;Yes, I have called him,I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
16. “Come near to Me, hear this:I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;From the time that it was, I was there.And now the Lord God and His SpiritHave sent Me.”