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For they call themselves after the holy city,[a]
    and they lean on the God of Israel—
        Yahweh of hosts is his name.
“I declared the former things from of old,[b]
    and they went out from my mouth.
And I announced[c] them suddenly;
    I acted,[d] and they came to pass,
because I know[e] that you are obstinate,
    and your neck an iron sinew,
    and your forehead bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:2 Literally “from the city of the holiness”
  2. Isaiah 48:3 Literally “then”
  3. Isaiah 48:3 Literally “caused to hear”
  4. Isaiah 48:3 Or “did”
  5. Isaiah 48:4 Literally “knowing me”