Isaiah 48:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ “Long ago I told you ahead of time what would happen.
    I announced it and made it known.
Then all of a sudden I acted.
    And those things took place.
⁴ I knew how stubborn you were.
    Your neck muscles were as unbending as iron.
    Your forehead was as hard as bronze.
⁵ So I told you those things long ago.
    Before they happened I announced them to you.
I did it so you would not be able to say,
    ‘My statues of gods did them.
    My wooden and metal gods made them happen.’