Isaiah 48

1HearH8085 ye this, O houseH1004 of JacobH3290, who are calledH7121 by the nameH8034 of IsraelH3478, and are comeH3318 forthH3318 out of the watersH4325 of JudahH3063; who swearH7650 by the nameH8034 of Jehovah, and makeH8085 mention of the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, but not in truthH571, nor in righteousnessH6666 2(for they callH7121 themselves of the holyH6944 cityH5892, and stay themselves upon the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; Jehovah of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034): 3I have declaredH5046 the formerH7223 thingsH7223 from of old; yea, they wentH3318 forthH3318 out of my mouthH6310, and I showed them: suddenlyH6597 I did them, and they cameH935 to pass. 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neckH6203 is an ironH1270 sinewH1517, and thy brow brass; 5therefore I have declaredH5046 it to thee from of old; before it cameH935 to pass I showed it thee; lestH6435 thou shouldest sayH559, Mine idolH6459 hath done them, and my graven imageH6459, and my molten imageH6459, hath commandedH6680 them. 6Thou hast heardH8085 it; beholdH2372 all this; and ye, will ye not declareH5046 it? I have showed thee newH2319 things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not knownH3045. 7They are createdH1254 nowH6258, and not from of old; and before this dayH3117 thou heardest them not; lestH6435 thou shouldest sayH559, Behold, I knewH3045 them. 8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine earH241 was not openedH6605: for I knewH3045 that thou didst dealH898 very treacherouslyH898, and wast calledH7121 a transgressor from the wombH990. 9For my name’sH8034 sakeH4616 will I defer mine angerH639, and for my praiseH8416 will I refrain for thee, that I cutH3772 thee not off. 10Behold, I have refinedH6884 thee, but not as silverH3701; I have chosenH977 thee in the furnaceH3564 of affliction. 11For mine own sakeH4616, for mine own sakeH4616, will I do it; for howH349 should my name be profanedH2490? and my gloryH3519 will I not giveH5414 to another.

12Hearken unto me, O JacobH3290, and IsraelH3478 my calledH7121: I am he; I am the firstH7223, I alsoH637 am the lastH314. 13Yea, my handH3027 hath laid the foundation of the earthH776, and my rightH3225 handH3027 hath spread out the heavensH8064: when I callH7121 unto them, they standH5975 up togetherH3162. 14AssembleH6908 yourselves, all ye, and hearH8085; who among them hath declaredH5046 these thingsH428? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasureH2656 on BabylonH894, and his armH2220 shall be on the ChaldeansH3778. 15I, evenH637 I, have spokenH1696; yea, I have calledH7121 him; I have broughtH935 him, and he shall make his wayH1870 prosperous. 16Come ye near unto me, hearH8085 ye this; from the beginning I have not spokenH1696 in secret; from the timeH6256 that it wasH1961, there am I: and nowH6258 the LordH136 Jehovah hath sentH7971 me, and his SpiritH7307.

17ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, thy RedeemerH1350, the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478: I am Jehovah thy GodH430, who teacheth thee to profitH3276, who leadeth thee by the wayH1870 that thou shouldest go. 18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandmentsH4687! then had thy peaceH7965 beenH1961 as a riverH5104, and thy righteousnessH6666 as the waves of the seaH3220: 19thy seedH2233 also had beenH1961 as the sandH2344, and the offspringH2233 of thy bowelsH4578 like the grains thereof: his nameH8034 would not beH1961 cutH3772 off nor destroyedH8045 from before me.

20GoH3318 ye forthH3318 from BabylonH894, fleeH1272 ye from the ChaldeansH3778; with a voiceH6963 of singing declareH5046 ye, tellH5046 this, utter it even to the endH7097 of the earthH776: sayH559 ye, Jehovah hath redeemedH1350 his servantH5650 JacobH3290. 21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the watersH4325 to flowH5140 out of the rockH6697 for them; he clave the rockH6697 also, and the watersH4325 gushed out. 22There is no peaceH7965, saith Jehovah, to the wickedH7563.