4 Because I
knew that you were
1obstinate,
And fyour
neck was an
iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
5 Even from
the beginning I have declared it
to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed
it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
6 “You have
heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare
it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are
created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8 Surely you
did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very
treacherously,
And were called ga
transgressor from the womb.
9 “For hMy
name’s sake iI
will 2defer
My anger,
And for
My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, jI
have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the kfurnace
of affliction.
11 For My
own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For lhow
should My name
be profaned?
And mI
will not give My glory to another.
f
Ex. 32:9; Deut. 31:27; Ezek.
2:4; 3:7
g
Deut. 9:7, 24; Ps. 58:3; Is.
46:3, 8
h
Ps. 79:9; 106:8; Is. 43:25;
Ezek. 20:9, 14, 22, 44
i
[Neh. 9:30, 31]; Ps. 78:38;
Is. 30:18; 65:8
k
Deut. 4:20; 1 Kin. 8:51;
Jer. 11:4
l
Lev. 22:2, 32; Deut. 32:26,
27; Ezek. 20:9
The New King James Version.
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Is 48:4-11
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy
neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass [Isa. 48:4].