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3 Long ago I told you what would happen. I said these things and made them known; suddenly I acted, and these things happened.
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I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 I knew you were stubborn; your neck was like an iron muscle, and your head was like bronze.
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For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
5 So a long time ago I told you about these things; I told you about them before they happened so you couldn't say, 'My idols did this, and my wooden and metal statues made these things happen.'
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Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 "You heard and saw everything that happened, so you should tell this news to others. Now I will tell you about new things, hidden things that you don't know yet.
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You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
7 These things are happening now, not long ago; you have not heard about them before today. So you cannot say, 'We already knew about that.'
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They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’
8 But you have not heard me; you have not understood. Even long ago you did not listen to me. I knew you would surely turn against me; you have fought against me since you were born.
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You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.
9 But for my own sake I will be patient. People will praise me for not becoming angry and destroying you.
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For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.
10 I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure. I have purified you by giving you troubles.
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See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 I do this for myself, for my own sake. I will not let people speak evil against me, and I will not let some god take my glory.
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For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
12 "People of Jacob, listen to me. People of Israel, I have called you to be my people. I am God; I am the beginning and the end.
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“Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.
13 I made the earth with my own hands. With my right hand I spread out the skies. When I call them, they come together before me."
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My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
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