48 “^(A)Hear this, house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came from the ^(B)waters 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 name themselves after the ^(E)holy city,
And ^(F)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of armies is His name.
³ I ^(G)declared the former things long ago,
And they went out of My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
^(H)Suddenly I acted, and they ^(I)came to pass.
⁴ Because I know that you are ^[a](J)obstinate,
And your ^(K)neck is an iron tendon
And your ^(L)forehead bronze,
⁵ Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before ^[b]they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My ^(M)idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast metal 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,
Hidden things which you have not known.