Isaiah 48
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Isaiah 48
1¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who call yourselves by the name of Israel, those that are come forth out of the waters of Judah, those who swear by the name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2For they call themselves of the holy city and stay themselves upon the God of Israel. The Lord of the hosts is his name.
3That which happened, I have already declared many days ago; and it went forth out of my mouth, and I published it; I did it suddenly, and it came to pass.
4Because I know that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow bronze;
5I have already declared it many days ago; before it came to pass I showed it to thee: lest thou should say, My idol has done it, my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded these things.
6Thou hast heard it, thou hast seen it all; and will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
7They are created now, and not in days past; nor before this day hast thou heard them lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.
8Certainly thou hast never heard this; certainly thou hast never known this; certainly thine ear was never before opened: for I knew that being unfaithful thou would disobey; therefore, I called thee a rebel from the womb.
9¶ For my name’s sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will wait patiently for thee that I not cut thee off.
10Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, I will do it, for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13Certainly my hand founded the earth, and my right hand measured the heavens with the palm; as I named them, they appeared together.
14All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; who is there among them that declares these things? The Lord has loved him, the one who will execute his will on Babylon and his arm upon the Chaldeans.
15I, even I, have spoken; I have called him: I have brought him, and therefore his way shall be prospered.
16¶ Come near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was done, I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit.
17Thus has the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel said: I am the Lord thy God who teaches thee to profit, who causes thee to walk by the way in which thou dost walk.
18O that thou would look unto my commandments! Then thy peace would be as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19Thy seed would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name would never be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20Come out of Babylon, flee from among the Chaldeans. Give news of this with a voice of joy; publish this; take this news to the end of the earth; say, The Lord has redeemed his slave Jacob.
21And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused water to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace for the wicked, said the Lord.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Isaiah 48
48
1Hear this, O house of Jacob,
who are called by the name of Israel,
and who came forth from the loins#48.1 Cn: Heb waters of Judah;
who swear by the name of the Lord,
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
2For they call themselves after the holy city,
and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.
3“The former things I declared of old,
they went forth from my mouth and I made them known;
then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.
4Because I know that you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
5I declared them to you from of old,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,
my graven image and my molten image commanded them.’
6“You have heard; now see all this;
and will you not declare it?
From this time forth I make you hear new things,
hidden things which you have not known.
7They are created now, not long ago;
before today you have never heard of them,
lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8You have never heard, you have never known,
from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
and that from birth you were called a rebel.
9“For my name's sake I defer my anger,
for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
that I may not cut you off.
10Behold, I have refined you, but not like#48.10 Cn: Heb with silver;
I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
11For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for how should my name#48.11 Gk Old Latin: Heb lacks my name be profaned?
My glory I will not give to another.
12 #
Is 44.6; Rev 1.17; 2.8; 22.13. “Hearken to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called!
I am He, I am the first,
and I am the last.
13My hand laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I call to them,
they stand forth together.
14“Assemble, all of you, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15I, even I, have spoken and called him,
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
16Draw near to me, hear this:
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit.
17Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
18O that you had hearkened to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
19your offspring would have been like the sand,
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.”
20Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea,
declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
send it forth to the end of the earth;
say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock;
he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.
22“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
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