Listen to this, Ya’aqob’s household,
you who call yourselves by Yisra’el’s name,
You who came out of Yehudah’s water,
who swear by Yahweh’s name,
Who make mention of Yisra’el’s God
– not in truthfulness, not in faithfulness –
Because they call themselves by the sacred town,
lean on Yisra’el’s God, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

The earlier events I told about of old,
from my mouth they came out so I could make them heard.
Suddenly I acted and they came about,
because of my knowing that you’re tough.
Your neck is an iron sinew,
your forehead copper.
I told you about them of old,
before they came about I let you hear,
So you couldn’t say, ‘My icon did them;
my image, my idol ordered them.’

You’ve heard – look at all of it;
will you yourselves not tell of it?
I’m letting you hear of new events right now,
secrets that you didn’t know.
Now they’re created, not of old,
or before today, and you haven’t heard of them,
so you could say, ‘There, I knew about them.’
No, you haven’t heard; no, you haven’t known;
no, of old your ear didn’t open up.
Because I knew you would utterly break faith;
rebel from birth, you were called.

For the sake of my name I delay my anger,
for the sake of my praise I muzzle it for you
so that I don’t cut you off.
There, I smelted you, and not in the silver [furnace];
I chose you in the affliction furnace.
For my sake, for my sake, I act,
because how can my splendour be treated as ordinary? –
I will not give it to someone else.

Goldingay, John; Goldingay, John; Wright, Tom; Wright, Tom. The Bible for Everyone . SPCK. Kindle Edition.

O thou, who art the light of the minds that know thee,
the life of the souls that love thee,
and the strength of the wills that serve thee;
help us so to know thee that we may truly love thee;
so to love thee that we may fully serve thee,
whom to serve is perfect freedom.
Amen