Isaiah:48:1-11

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* Hear this , O house of Jacob , who are called by the name of Israel , and have come out of the waters of Judah ; who swear by the name of the LORD and make mention of the God of Israel ( but ] not in truth nor in righteousness ). * For they call themselves of the holy city , and rest themselves on the God of Israel ; Jehovah of hosts [is ] His name . * I have foretold the former things from the beginning ; and they went out of My mouth ; and I made them hear ; I acted suddenly ; and they came about . * Because I knew that you [are ] obstinate , and your neck [is ] an iron sinew and your brow bronze . * And I declared [it ] to you from the beginning . Before it happened I revealed it to you ; lest you should say , My idol has done them , and my graven image , and my molten image , has commanded them . * You heard ; see it all ; and will you not declare ? I have shown you new things from this time , even hidden things , and you did not know them . * They are created now , and not from the beginning ; even before the day when you did not hear them ; lest you should say , Behold , I knew them . * Yea , you did not hear ; yea , you did not know ; yea , from the time that your ear was not opened ; for I surely know that you will betray and trespass ; from the womb it was called to you . * For My name 's sake I will put off My anger , and for My praise I will hold back for you , that I do not cut you off . * Behold , I have refined you , but not with silver ; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction . * For my sake , for My sake I will do it ; for why should [My name ] be defiled ? And I will not give My glory to another .

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