Isaiah 48:1-6

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48 The Lord says, “·Family [^LHouse] of Jacob, listen to me.
    You are called [^Lby the name of] Israel,
    and you come from the ·family [^Lwaters; wellsprings] of Judah.
You ·swear [take oaths] by the Lord’s name
    and ·praise [confess; call on] the God of Israel,
    but ·you are not honest or sincere [^Lnot in truth or in righteousness].
² You call yourselves ·people of [or by the name of; ^Lfrom] the holy city,
    and you ·depend on [trust in] the God of Israel,
    who is named the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts].
³ Long ago I told you ·what would happen [^Lthe former things].
    ·I said these things and [^LThey went out from my mouth and I] made them known;
    suddenly I acted, and these things happened.
⁴ I knew you were stubborn;
    your neck was like an iron muscle,
    and your ·head [forehead; brow] was like bronze.
⁵ So a long time ago I told you about these things;
    I told you about them before they happened
so you couldn’t say, ‘My idols did this,
    and my ·wooden [carved images] and metal statues ·made these things happen [decreed/ordained/commanded them].’