Isaiah 48:3-5

New Century Version

³ Long ago I told you what would happen.
    I said these things and made them known;
    suddenly I acted, and these things happened.
⁴ I knew you were stubborn;
    your neck was like an iron muscle,
    and your head was like bronze.
⁵ So a long time ago I told you about these things;
    I told you about them before they happened
so you couldn’t say, ‘My idols did this,
    and my wooden and metal statues made these things happen.’