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For they call themselves after the holy city,
    and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

“The former things I declared of old,
    they went forth from my mouth and I made them known;
    then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.
Because I know that you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,

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you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(A)
    and claim to rely(B) on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(C)
I foretold the former things(D) long ago,
    my mouth announced(E) them and I made them known;
    then suddenly(F) I acted, and they came to pass.
For I knew how stubborn(G) you were;
    your neck muscles(H) were iron,
    your forehead(I) was bronze.

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