Isaiah 48:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ They are created now, and not long ago;
    you didn’t hear them before today,
        so you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew them.’
⁸ And^[a] neither had you heard, nor did you understand,
    nor did you open^[b] your ear long ago.^[c]
Indeed, I knew that^[d] you would act very deceitfully,
    and they would call^[e] you a rebel from birth.
⁹ I defer my anger for my name’s sake,
    and as my first act^[f] I’m restraining it for you,
        so as not to cut you off.