4. Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew,and your brow bronze;
5. I have even from the beginning declared it to you;before it came to pass I announced it to you,lest you should say,“My idol has done them,and my carved image and my molded image has commanded them.”
6. You have heard; see all this.And will you not declare it? I have shown you new things from this time,even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7. They are created now and not from the beginning;even before the day when you did not hear them,lest you should say,“Yes, I knew them.”
8. You have not heard, you have not known,indeed, from long ago your ear has not been open.For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,and that from birth you have been called a rebel.
9. For My name’s sake I will defer My anger,and for My praise I will restrain it for youso that you are not cut off.