1“Hear this, house of Jacob,
2for they call themselves citizens of the holy city,
3I have declared the former things from of old.
4Because I knew that you are obstinate,
5therefore I have declared it to you from of old;
6You have heard it.
7They are created now, and not from of old.
8Yes, you didn’t hear.
9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
10Behold, I have refined you,
11For my own sake,
12“Listen to me, O Jacob,
13Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
14“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
15I, even I, have spoken.
16“Come near to me and hear this:
17The LORD,
18Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
19Your offspring also would have been as the sand
20Leave Babylon!
21They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts.
22“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”