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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? [a]I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

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  1. Isaiah 48:6 Or, I show

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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