Isaiah 48:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Things that happened in the past
    I foretold long before they occurred.
These predictions issued forth from my mouth,
    and I made them known to you;
    then suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
⁴ Because I know full well that you are obstinate,
    with your neck an iron sinew
    and your forehead firm as bronze,
⁵ I foretold these events to you long ago
    and declared them to you before they happened
so that you could not assert, “My idols did them;
    my carved statue and my molten image ordained them.”