Isaiah 48:1-6

Modern English Version

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    who are called by the name of Israel,
    and have come forth from the waters of Judah;
who swear by the name of the Lord,
    and invoke the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or in righteousness;
² for they call themselves after the holy city,
    and lean on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of Hosts is His name:
³ I have declared the former things from the beginning;
    and they went forth from My mouth, and I announced them.
    Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
⁴ Because I knew that you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew,
    and your brow bronze;
⁵ I have even from the beginning declared it to you;
    before it came to pass I announced it to you,
lest you should say,
    “My idol has done them,
    and my carved image and my molded image has commanded them.”
⁶ You have heard; see all this.
    And will you not declare it?