Isaiah 48
48
1Hear you2f this, O house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], which are called by the name of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and are come forth out of the waters of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], which swear by the name of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and make mention of the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] [is] his name.
3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.
4Because I knew that youi [are] obstinate, and youri neck [is] an iron sinew, and youri brow brass;
5I have even from the beginning declared [it] to youi; before it came to pass I showed [it] youi: lest youi should say, Mine idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
6Youi have heard, see all this; and will not you2f declare [it]? I have showed youi new things from this time, even hidden things, and youi did not know them.
7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when youi heard them not; lest youi should say, Behold, I knew them.
8Yes, youi heard not; yes, youi knew not; yes, from that time [that] youri ear was not opened: for I knew that youi would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
9For my name’s sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for youi, that I cut youi not off.
10Behold, I have refined youi, but not with silver; I have chosen youi in the furnace of affliction.
11For my own sake, [even] for my own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12Listen unto me, O Ya’akov [Heal of God] and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
13Mine hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spanned the heavens: [when] I call unto them, they stand up together.
14All you2f, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them has declared these [things]? The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], and his arm [shall be on] the Kasdim [clod-breakers].
15I, [even] I, have spoken; yes, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16Come you2f near unto me, hear you2f this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), and his Spirit, has sent me.
17Thus says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), youri Redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; I [am] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] which teaches youi to profit, which leads youi by the way [that] youi should go.
18O that youi had listened to my commandments! then had youri peace been as a river, and youri righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19You1s seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of youri bowels (inward parts; affections) like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20Go you2f forth of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], flee you2f from the Kasdim [clod-breakers], with a voice of singing declare you2f, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say you2f, The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has redeemed his servant Ya’akov [Heal of God].
21And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 [There is] no peace, says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), unto the wicked.
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Isaiah 48
48
Israel Must Leave Babylon
1“Listen to this, house of Jacob —
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from#48:1 Lit have come from the waters of Judah,#Nm 24:7; Dt 33:28; Ps 68:26
who swear by the name of the Lord#Dt 6:13; Is 45:23; 65:16
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.
2For they are named after the holy city,
and lean on the God of Israel;#Is 10:20; Jr 7:4; 21:2; Mc 3:11; Rm 2:17
his name is the Lord of Armies.
3I declared the past events long ago;
they came out of my mouth; I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
4Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron#48:4 Lit is an iron sinew
and your forehead bronze,#Ex 32:9; Dt 31:27; Ezk 2:4; 3:7–9
5therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’#Jr 44:15–18
6You have heard it. Observe it all.
Will you not acknowledge it?
From now on I will announce new things to you,
hidden things that you have not known.#Is 42:9; 43:19
7They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’
8You have never heard; you have never known;
for a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.#Dt 9:7,24; Ps 58:3; Is 46:8
9I will delay my anger for the sake of my name,
and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.
10Look, I have refined you,#Dt 4:20; 1Kg 8:51; Jr 11:4; Ezk 22:18–22; 1Pt 1:7 but not as silver;
I have tested#48:10 DSS; MT reads chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own,#Is 43:25; Ezk 20:9
for how can I#48:11 DSS, Syr; MT reads it be defiled?
I will not give my glory to another.#Is 42:8
12“Listen to me, Jacob,
and Israel, the one called by me:
I am he; I am the first,
I am also the last.#Is 41:4; 43:10–13; 46:4; Rv 1:17
13My own hand founded the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;#Ps 102:25; Is 42:5; 45:12,18; Heb 1:10–12
when I summoned them,
they stood up together.
14All of you, assemble and listen!
Who among the idols#48:14 Lit among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;#48:14 = Cyrus
he will accomplish his will against Babylon,#Is 13:4–5,17–19; 46:10–11
and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15I — I have spoken;
yes, I have called him;#Is 41:2; 45:1–2
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.#Is 53:10
16Approach me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;#Is 45:19
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and his Spirit.#Nm 27:18; Ps 51:11; Is 61:1; 63:7,10; Zch 2:9,11
17This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,#Is 41:14; 43:14 the Holy One of Israel#Is 1:4 says:
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
18If only you had paid attention to my commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,#Is 32:16–18; 66:12
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.#Dt 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13–16; Am 5:24
19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,#Gn 22:17; Is 10:22; 44:3–4; 54:3; Hs 1:10
and the offspring of your body like its grains;
their name would not be cut off
or eliminated from my presence.
20Leave Babylon,
flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with a shout of joy,
proclaim this,
let it go out to the end of the earth;
announce,
“The Lord has redeemed his servant#Is 41:8–9; 42:19; 43:10; 44:1–2,21; 45:4; 49:3; 54:17; Lk 1:54 Jacob!”
21They did not thirst
when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow from the rock for them;#Ex 17:6; Ps 78:15–16
he split the rock, and water gushed out.
22“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.#Is 57:21
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