The city’s claim is tested

1Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and who came out from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness.

2For they are called from the holy city, and they lean on the God of Israel; Yahweh of hosts is his name.

3I declared the former things long ago; they went out from my mouth, and I made them heard. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

4Because I knew that you are stubborn, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,

5I declared it to you long ago; before it came to pass I made you hear it, lest you say, ‘My idol did them, and my carved image and my cast image commanded them.’