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"I ^(g)declared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. ^(h)Suddenly I acted, and they ⁽ⁱ⁾came to pass.

"Because I know that you are ^[b](j)obstinate, And your ^(k)neck is an iron sinew And your ^(l)forehead bronze,

Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before ^[c]they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, ‘My ^(m)idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.'

"You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you ⁽ⁿ⁾new things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known.

"They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.'