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“Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron tendon
And your brow is bronze [both unyielding],

I have declared them to you long ago;
Before they came to pass I announced them to you,
So that you could not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast image have commanded them.’

“You have heard [these things foretold]; look at all this [that has been fulfilled].
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you [specific] new things from this time,
Even [a]hidden things which you have not known.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:6 Lit protected.

For I knew how stubborn(A) you were;
    your neck muscles(B) were iron,
    your forehead(C) was bronze.
Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(D) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(E)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
You have heard these things; look at them all.
    Will you not admit them?

“From now on I will tell you of new things,(F)
    of hidden things unknown to you.

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