Isaiah 48:6-11

Lexham English Bible

⁶ You have heard; see it all.
    And will you not declare it?
I announce^[a] new things to you from this time
    and hidden things that^[b] you have not known.
⁷ Now they are created, and not from of old,^[c]
    and before today, and you have not heard them
        so that you could not say, “Look! I knew them.”
⁸ Neither have you heard, nor have you known,
    nor from of old^[d] has your ear been opened.
For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously,
    and you are called a rebel from the womb.
⁹ For the sake of my name I refrain from^[e] my anger,
    and for my praise I restrain it for you
        so as not to cut you off.
¹⁰ Look! I have refined you, but^[f] not like^[g] silver;
    I have chosen you in the furnace of misery.
¹¹ For my own sake, for my own sake I do it;
    for why should it^[h] be defiled?
        And I will not give my glory to another.”