1  Hear this, O house of Jacob,

who are called by the name of Israel,

and who came from the waters of Judah,

who swear by the name of the Lord

and confess the God of Israel,

but not in truth or right.

2  For they call themselves after the holy city,

and stay themselves on the God of Israel;

^kthe Lord of hosts is his name.

3  “The former things I ^ldeclared of old;

they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;

then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

4  Because I know that you are ^mobstinate,

and your neck is an iron sinew

and your forehead brass,

5  I declared them to you from of old,

before they came to pass I announced them to you,

lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,

my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

6  “You have heard; now see all this;

and will you not declare it?

From this time forth I announce to you ⁿnew things,

^ohidden things that you have not known.

7  They are created now, not long ago;

before today you have never heard of them,

lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

8  You have never heard, you have never known,

from of old your ear has not been opened.

For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,

and that ^pfrom before birth you were called a rebel.

9  “For my name’s sake I defer my anger;

for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,

that I may not cut you off.

10  Behold, I have ^qrefined you, but not as silver;

I have tried¹ you in the furnace of affliction.

11  ^rFor my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,

for how should my name² be profaned?

^sMy glory I will not give to another.