Isaiah 48:3-8
Read Isaiah 48 in full →3“I adeclared the former things long ago,And they went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to be heard.bSuddenly I acted, and they ccame to pass.4“Because I know that you are 1,astiff,And your bneck is an iron sinewAnd your cforehead bronze,5Therefore I declared them to you long ago,Before 1they happened I caused them to be heard by you,Lest you say, ‘My aidol has done them,And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’6“You have heard; look at all this.And you, will you not declare it?I caused you to hear anew things from this time,Even hidden things which you have not known.7“They are created now and not long ago;And before today you have not heard them,Lest you say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’8“Indeed, you have not aheard; indeed, you have not known.Indeed, even from long ago your ear has not been openBecause I knew that you would deal very treacherously;And you have been called a 1,btransgressor from the 2womb.