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
Israel Must Leave Babylon
1“Listen to this, house of Jacob —
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from # Lit have come from the waters of Judah, # Nm 24:7; Dt 33:28; Ps 68:26
who swear by the name of Yahweh # 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 Yahweh of Hosts.
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 # 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 honor 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 # Or 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 # 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 # Lit among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him; # = 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 Yahweh 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 for them from the rock; # 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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