8. You have never heard; you have never known;For a long time your ears have not been open.For I knew that you were very treacherous,and were known as a rebel from birth.
9. I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,so that you will not be destroyed.
10. Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11. I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own, for how can I be defiled?I will not give My glory to another.
12. “Listen to Me, Jacob,and Israel, the one called by Me:I am He; I am the first,I am also the last.