Because I know that (A)you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,
(B)I declared them to you from of old,
    before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, (C)‘My idol did them,
    my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

“You have heard; now see all this;
    and will you not declare it?
From this time forth (D)I announce to you new things,
    hidden things that you have not known.

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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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