Isaiah 48:3-8

3 “The former things aI declared of old;
they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4Because I know that byou are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
5 cI declared them to you from of old,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, d‘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 eI announce to you new things,
hidden things that you have not known.
7They are created now, not long ago;
before today you have never heard of them,
lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8You 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 ffrom before birth you were called a rebel.
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