Isaiah 48:3–7

3 I declared the past events long ago;

they came out of my mouth; I proclaimed them.

Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.

4 Because I know that you are stubborn,

and your neck is ironA

and your forehead bronze,a

5 therefore I declared to you long ago.

I announced it to you before it occurred,

so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;

my carved image and cast idol control them.’b

6 You have heard it. Observe it all.

Will you not acknowledge it?

From now on I will announce new things to you,

hidden things that you have not known.c

7 They have been created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today,

so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’