1. “Hear this, O house of Jacob,Who are called by the name of Israel,And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;Who swear by the name of the Lord,And make mention of the God of Israel,But not in truth or in righteousness;
2. For they call themselves after the holy city,And lean on the God of Israel;The Lord of hosts is His name:
3. “I have declared the former things from the beginning;They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4. Because I knew that you were obstinate,And your neck was an iron sinew,And your brow bronze,
5. Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,And my carved image and my molded imageHave commanded them.’