Isaiah 48a (Alternative Community Cover)

[Please support the original release by @thescripturesinger] Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name Israel and have come from the waters of Judah; you who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, but not sincerely nor in a righteous manner. For they call themselves people of the holy city and trust in the God of Israel. Yahweh of hosts is his name. "I have declared the things from long ago; they came out from my mouth, and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. Because I knew that you were obstinate, your neck muscles tight as iron, and your forehead like bronze, therefore I declared these things to you beforehand; before they happened I informed you, so you could not say, 'My idol has done them,' or 'My carved figure and my cast metal figure has ordained these things.' You heard about these things; look at all this evidence; and you, will you not admit what I said is true? From now on, I am showing you new things, hidden things that you have not known. Now, and not from previously, they come into being, and before today you have not heard about them, so you will not be able to say, 'Yes, I knew about them.' You never heard; you did not know; these things were not unfolded to your ears beforehand. For I knew that you have been very deceitful, and that you have been a rebel from birth. For the sake of my name I will defer my anger, and for my honor I will hold back from destroying you. Look, I refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake I will act; for how can I allow my name to be profaned? I will not give my glory to anyone else.