Today’s Scripture:

Listen to this, O family of Jacob,[a]you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’and are descended from Judah,[b]who take oaths in the name of the Lord,and invoke[c] the God of Israel—but not in an honest and just manner.[d]2 Indeed, they live in the holy city;[e]they trust in[f] the God of Israel,whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.3 “I announced events beforehand,[g]I issued the decrees and made the predictions;[h]suddenly I acted and they came to pass.4 I did this[i] because I know how stubborn you are.Your neck muscles are like ironand your forehead like bronze.[j]5 I announced them to you beforehand;before they happened, I predicted them for you,so you could never say,‘My image did these things,my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence![k]Will you not admit that what I say is true?[l]From this point on I am announcing to you new eventsthat are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.[m]7 Now they come into being,[n] not in the past;before today you did not hear about them,so you could not say,‘Yes,[o] I know about them.’8 You did not hear,you do not know,you were not told beforehand.[p]For I know that you are very deceitful;[q]you were labeled[r] a rebel from birth.9 For the sake of my reputation[s] I hold back my anger;for the sake of my prestige[t] I restrain myself from destroying you.[u]10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have purified you[v] in the furnace of misery.11 For my sake alone[w] I will act,for how can I allow my name to be defiled?[