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I knew that you would prove to be stubborn,
    as rigid as iron and unyielding as bronze.
And so I predicted your future long ago,
    announcing events before they took place,
    to keep you from claiming
    that your idols and images made them happen.

“All I foretold has now taken place;
    you have to admit my predictions were right.
Now I will tell you of new things to come,
    events that I did not reveal before.

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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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