Isaiah 48
48
XLVIII
1Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Ye that are called by the name of Israel,
Ye that flow from the fountain of Judah;
Ye that swear by the name of Jehovah,
And make mention of the God of Israel;
But not in sincerity, nor in truth.
2For they take their name from the Holy City,
And stay themselves upon the God of Israel;
Jehovah of hosts is his name.
3The former events I declared of old;
Yea, from my mouth they proceeded, and I made them known:
On a sudden I effected them, and they came to pass.
4Because I knew that thou wast obstinate,
And thy neck was an iron sinew,
And thy forehead brass;
5Therefore I declared them to thee of old;
Before they came to pass I made them known to thee;
Lest thou shouldest say: Mine idol effected them;
And my graven image, and my molten image, hath ordered them.
6Thou hast heard; have now regard to the whole of it:
And will ye not acknowledge it?
From this time I will make thee hear new things;
Even hitherto secret, so that thou couldest not have known them.
7They are produced now, and not of old;
And before this day thou hast not heard of them:
Lest thou shouldest say: Behold, I knew them.
8Yea, thou hast not heard; yea, thou hast not known;
Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened:
For I knew that thou wouldest certainly deal falsely,
And that Apostate was thy name from the womb.
9For my name's sake I will defer mine anger;
And for the sake of my praise I will withhold it from thee,
That I may not utterly cut thee off.
10Behold, I have purified thee in the fire, but not as silver;
I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I 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, whom I have called:
I am He; I am the first; I also am the last.
13Yea, my hand hath founded the earth,
And my right hand hath expanded the heavens;
When I summon them; they present themselves together.
14Gather yourselves together all of you, and hear:
Who among you hath declared these things?
He, whom Jehovah hath loved, will execute his pleasure on Babylon,
And his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him:
I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.
16Draw ye near unto me, and hear this:
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it existed, there am I:
And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit
17Thus saith Jehovah,
Thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
I am Jehovah, thy God,
Who teacheth thee what will tend to thy profit;
Who directeth thee in the way wherein thou shouldest go.
18O that thou hadst attended to my commandments!
Then had thy peace been like a river,
And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
19Thy seed also had been as the sand of the sea,
And the offspring of thy bowels as the produce of the bowels thereof;
It should not have been cut off,
Neither its name been destroyed from before me.
20Go ye forth from Babylon,
Flee ye from the Chaldeans with the voice of joy:
Publish ye this, make it to be heard,
Utter it forth even to the end of the earth;
Say ye: Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob,
21And they thirsted not in the desert, through which He led them;
He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them:
Yea, He clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 48
48
Israel Refined for God’s Glory
1Hear this, O house of Jacob,
# ch. 43:1 who are called by the name of Israel,
and #Ps. 68:26 who came from the waters of Judah,
#
Jer. 7:9
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,
# [Mic. 3:11] and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.
3“The former things #ch. 41:26I declared of old;
they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4Because I know that #[Ex. 32:9]you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
5 # [See ver. 3 above] I declared them to you from of old,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, #See Jer. 44:15-17‘My idol did them,
my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
6“You have heard; now see all this;
and will you not declare it?
From this time forth #See ch. 43:19I announce to you new things,
hidden things that 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 surely deal treacherously,
and that #ch. 46:8from before birth you were called a rebel.
9 # [Mal. 3:6] “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, #[1 Pet. 1:7] but not as silver;
# [Deut. 4:20; Ezek. 22:18, 20, 22] I have tried#48:10 Or I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 # ch. 43:25; Ezek. 20:9 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for how should my name#48:11 Hebrew lacks my name be profaned?
# ch. 42:8 My glory I will not give to another.
The Lord’s Call to Israel
12“Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called!
I am he; #See ch. 41:4I am the first,
and I am the last.
13My hand #ch. 51:13; [Ps. 102:25; Heb. 1:10] laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand #ch. 51:13; [Ps. 102:25; Heb. 1:10] spread out the heavens;
# [ch. 40:26] when I call to them,
they stand forth together.
14“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
# [ch. 41:26] Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
# ch. 46:10, 11 he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against #ch. 23:13; 47:1the Chaldeans.
15 # See ch. 45:1-3 I, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
16 # ch. 45:19 Draw 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 #ch. 61:1the 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.
18 #
Ps. 81:13; Luke 19:42; [Deut. 32:29] Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
# ch. 66:12 Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
19 # ch. 10:22; Gen. 22:17; Hos. 1:10 your 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.”
20 # ch. 52:11; Jer. 50:8; 51:6, 45; Zech. 2:6, 7 Go out from Babylon, flee from #ch. 23:13; 47:1 Chaldea,
declare this #[ch. 35:10; 52:9] with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
send it out to the end of the earth;
say, #ch. 44:23; [Ex. 19:4-6]“The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 # [ch. 35:6; 44:3; Deut. 8:15] They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
# ch. 43:19; Ex. 17:6; Num. 20:11 he made water flow for them from the rock;
he split the rock and the water gushed out.
22 # ch. 57:21 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
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