Isaiah 48:1-3

Good News Translation

48 Listen to this, people of Israel,
    you that are descended from Judah:
You swear by the name of the Lord
    and claim to worship the God of Israel—
    but you don't mean a word you say.
² And yet you are proud to say
    that you are citizens of the holy city
    and that you depend on Israel's God,
    whose name is the Lord Almighty.

“Long ago I predicted what would take place;
    then suddenly I made it happen.