Isaiah 48

¹Hear yee this, O house of Iaakob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iudah: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousnesse.

²For they are called of the holy citie, and staie themselues vpon the God of Israel, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.

³I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, and I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.

⁴Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy brow brasse,

⁵Therefore I haue declared it to thee of old: before it came to passe, I shewed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idole hath done them, and my carued image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

⁶Thou hast heard, behold all this, and wil not yee declare it? I haue shewed thee newe things, euen now, and hid things, which thou knewest not.

⁷They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.

⁸Yet thou heardest them not, neither diddest know them, neither yet was thine eare opened of olde: for I knewe that thou wouldest grieuously transgresse: therefore haue I called thee a transgressour from the wombe.

⁹For my Names sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refraine it from thee, that I cut thee not off.

¹⁰Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.

¹¹For mine owne sake, for mine owne sake wil I doe it: for how should my Name be polluted? surely I wil not giue my glory vnto another.