7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’ 8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
Isaiah 48:7–8
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