Isaiah 48
48
Who Foretold These Things?
1Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the Name of Israel, who came from the wellspring of Judah, who swear by the Name of Adonai and confess the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness.
2For they call themselves by the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel, Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name.
3“I foretold the former things long ago. They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to be heard. Suddenly I acted, so they came about.
4For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
5So I foretold it to you long ago. before it came about I made you hear, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my carved image, yes, my molded image commanded them.’
6You have heard. See all of it. So will you not admit it? I proclaim to you new things from now on—hidden things that you have not known.
7They are created now, not long ago. Before today you had not heard them. So you will not say, ‘Sure, I knew them.’
8You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.
9For My Name’s sake I defer My anger, for My praise I will restrain it for you— otherwise I would cut you off.
10Behold, I have refined you, though not as silver. I tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11For My own sake, for My own sake, I act. For how should I be profaned? I will not give My glory to another.
12Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last.
13Surely My hand founded the earth, My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.
14Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them foretold these things? Adonai loves him. He will do His will against Babylon— His arm against the Chaldeans.
15I, I have spoken, yes I called him. I will bring him, so his ways will succeed.
16Draw near to Me, hear this: Since the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time it existed, I was there. So now Adonai Elohim has sent Me, and His Ruach.”
17Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
18If only you had listened to My commandments! then your peace would be like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19Your seed would have been like sand, and your offspring like its grains. Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.”
20“Get out of Babylon, flee from Chaldea! With a shout of joy, proclaim this, send it out to the end of the earth, say: ‘Adonai has redeemed His servant Jacob!
21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He caused the water to flow out of the rock for them. He split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.’”
22“There is no shalom,” says Adonai, “for the wicked.”
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Isaiah 48
48
Exhortations to the Exiles
1Hear this, house of Jacob
called by the name Israel,
sprung from the stock of Judah,
You who swear by the name of the Lord
and invoke the God of Israel
without sincerity, without justice,
2Though you are named after the holy city
and rely on the God of Israel,
whose name is the Lord of hosts.
3Things of the past I declared long ago,
they went forth from my mouth, I announced them;
then suddenly I took action and they came to be.
4Because I know that you are stubborn
and that your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead bronze,
5I declared them to you of old;
before they took place I informed you,
That you might not say, “My idol did them,
my statue, my molten image commanded them.”
6Now that you have heard, look at all this;
must you not admit it?#Is 42:9.
From now on I announce new things to you,
hidden events you never knew.
7Now, not from of old, they are created,
before today you did not hear of them,
so that you cannot claim, “I have known them.”
8You never heard, you never knew,
they never reached your ears beforehand.
Yes, I know you are utterly treacherous,
a rebel you were named from the womb.#Is 43:22–24.
9For the sake of my name I restrain my anger,
for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you,
lest I destroy you.
10See, I refined you, but not like silver;
I tested you in the furnace of affliction.#Is 1:25; Jer 6:29–30; Zec 13:9; Mal 3:2.
11For my sake, for my own sake, I do this;
why should my name be profaned?
My glory I will not give to another.
12Listen to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I called!
I, it is I who am the first,
and am I the last.#Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:8, 17.
13Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth;
my right hand spread out the heavens.
When I summon them,
they stand forth at once.#Is 40:22, 26; 45:12, 18.
14All of you assemble and listen:
Who among you declared these things?
The one the Lord loves#The one the Lord loves: the reference is no doubt to Cyrus, who does the Lord’s will by overcoming Babylon and releasing Israel from captivity. shall do his will
against Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea.
15I myself have spoken, I have summoned him,
I have brought him, and his way succeeds!
16Come near to me and hear this!
From the beginning I did not speak in secret;
At the time it happens, I am there:
“Now the Lord God has sent me, and his spirit.”#“Now the Lord…spirit”: said by Cyrus; cf. v. 14.
17Thus says the Lord, your redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord, your God,
teaching you how to prevail,
leading you on the way you should go.
18If only you would attend to my commandments,
your peace would be like a river,
your vindication like the waves of the sea,
19Your descendants like the sand,
the offspring of your loins like its grains,
Their name never cut off
or blotted out from my presence.
20Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea!
With shouts of joy declare this, announce it;
Make it known to the ends of the earth,
Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.
21They did not thirst
when he led them through dry lands;
Water from the rock he set flowing for them;
he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.”#Ex 17:6; Nm 20:11.
22There is no peace#No peace: while the good news proclaimed by the prophet is directed to the people as a whole, “peace,” which can represent the fullness of God’s blessings and which would here include deliverance from exile, is not extended to all regardless of disposition. for the wicked,
says the Lord.
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