7. They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
8. Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
9. For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
10. Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.