1 “Hear this, house of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of
Israel, and have come out of the waters of
Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name,
and make mention ofthe God ofIsrael,
but notin truth, nor in righteousness

2 for they call themselves citizens of the
holy city, and rely on the God of Israel;
Yahweh of Armies 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 itto you from of
old; before it came to pass I showed it to
you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done
them. My engraved image and my molten
image has commanded them.

6 You have heard it. Now 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.

7 They are created now, and not from of
old. Before today, you didn’t hear them,
lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew
them.

8 Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know.
Yes, from of old your ear was not
opened, for I knew that you dealt 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 hold it back for
you so that I don’t cut you off.

10 Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of
affliction.

11 For my own sake,
for my own sake, I will do it;
for how would my name be profaned?
I will not give my glory to another.