Isaiah 48:1-6

New American Standard Bible 1995

48 “^(A)Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the ^[a](B)loins of Judah,
Who ^(C)swear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in ^(D)righteousness.
² “For they call themselves after the ^(E)holy city
And ^(F)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
³ “I ^(G)declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
^(H)Suddenly I acted, and they ^(I)came to pass.
⁴ “Because I know that you are ^[b](J)obstinate,
And your ^(K)neck is an iron sinew
And your ^(L)forehead bronze,
⁵ Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before ^[c]they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My ^(M)idol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
⁶ “You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you ^(N)new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.