Isaiah 48:2 ASV

¹  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

²  (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

³  I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

⁴  Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;