Israel's Stubbornness and Hypocrisy

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“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the LORD’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

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(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is his name):

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I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.

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Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;

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therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.’

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You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

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They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn’t hear them; lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

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Yes, you didn’t hear; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.

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