Isaiah 48

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob,

Which are called by the name of Israel,

And ^aare come forth out of the waters of Judah,

^bWhich swear by the name of the Lord,

And make mention of ^cthe God of Israel,

But not ^din truth, nor in righteousness.

²For they call themselves of ^ethe holy city,

And ^fstay themselves upon the God of Israel;

The Lord of hosts is his name.

^3gI have declared the former things ^hfrom the beginning;

And they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them;

I did them suddenly, and ⁱthey came to pass.

⁴Because I knew that thou art obstinate,

And ^jthy neck is an iron sinew,

And thy brow brass:

⁵I have even ^hfrom the beginning declared it to thee;

Before it came to pass I shewed it thee:

^kLest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them,

And my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

⁶Thou hast heard, see all this;

And will not ye declare it?

I have shewed thee new things from this time,

Even ^lhidden things, and thou didst not know them.

⁷They are created now, and not ^hfrom the beginning;

Even before the day when thou heardest them not;

^kLest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

⁸Yea, thou heardest not; yea, ^kthou knewest not;

Yea, ^hfrom that time that thine ear was not opened:

For I knew that thou wouldest ^mdeal very treacherously,

And wast called a transgressor ⁿfrom the womb.

^9oFor my name’s sake ^pwill ^qI defer mine anger,

And for my praise will I refrain for thee,

That I cut thee not off.

¹⁰Behold, ^rI have refined thee, but not with silver;

I have chosen thee ^sin the furnace of affliction.

^11tFor mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it:

For ^uhow should my name be polluted?

And ^vI will not give my glory unto another.

¹²Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called;

^wI am he; ^xI am the first, I also am the last.

^13yMine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth,

And my right hand hath spanned the heavens:

When I call unto them, they stand up together.

¹⁴All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear;

^zWhich among them hath declared these things?

^aThe Lord hath loved him:

^bHe will do his pleasure on Babylon,

And ^ahis arm shall be on ^cthe Chaldeans.

¹⁵I, even I, have spoken; yea, ^dI have called him:

I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

¹⁶Come ye near unto me, hear ye this;

^eI have not spoken in secret from the beginning;

From the time that it was, there am I:

And now ^fthe Lord God, and ^fhis Spirit, hath sent me.

^17ghThus saith the Lord, ^hthy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit,

Which leadeth thee ⁱby the way that thou shouldest go.

^18jO that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!

Then had ^kthy peace been as a river,

And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

¹⁹Thy seed also had been ^las the sand,

And ^mthe offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof;

His name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

²⁰ⁿGo ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from ^cthe Chaldeans,

ⁿⁿWith a voice of singing declare ye, tell this,

Utter it even to the end of the earth;

Say ye, ^nnoThe Lord ^hhath redeemed ^phis servant Jacob.

²¹And ^qthey thirsted not when he led them through the deserts:

^rHe caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them:

^qHe clave the rock also, and ^sthe waters gushed out.

^22tThere is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

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