Isaiah 48:1-6

International Standard Version

48 “Listen to this, house of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel,
        and who have come forth from Judah’s loins;^[a]
you who swear oaths in the name of the Lord
    and invoke the God of Israel—
        but not in truth, nor in good faith.
² For they name themselves after the holy city,
    and rely on the God of Israel—
        the Lord of the Heavenly Armies is his name.
³ I foretold the former things long ago;
    it^[b] went forth from my mouth,
        and I disclosed them;
Suddenly, I acted,
    and they came to pass.
⁴ Because I knew^[c] that you are obstinate,
    and because your neck is an iron sinew,
        and your forehead is bronze,
⁵ I told you these things long ago;
    I announced them to you before they happened
so that you couldn’t say, ‘My idol did them;
    my^[d] carved image or metal idol ordained them.’