Isaiah 48:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴ I did that because I knew you were stubborn.
    You were like iron that will not bend,
    with heads as hard as bronze.
⁵ So long ago I told you what would happen.
    I told you about those things long before they happened.
I did this so that you could not say,
    ‘The gods we made did this.
    Our idols, our statues, made this happen.’”

⁶ “You heard what I said would happen.
    And you can see it has all been done.
    Shouldn’t you tell this to others?
Now I will tell you about new things,
    secrets you have not known before.