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Isaiah 48:1

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The Lord Appeals to the Exiles

48:1Listen to this, O family of Jacob,1

you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’

and are descended from Judah,2

who take oaths in the name of the Lord,

and invoke3 the God of Israel—

but not in an honest and just manner.4

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “house of Jacob”; , “people of Israel.”
  2. 2 The Hebrew text reads literally “and from the waters of Judah came out.” מִמֵּי (mimme) could be a corruption of מִמְּעֵי (mimmé’e, “from the inner parts of”; cf. , , , ) as suggested in the above translation. Some translations (ESV, ) retain the reading because the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa, which corrects a similar form to “from inner parts of” in 39:7, does not do it here.
  3. 3 Heb “cause to remember”; , “make mention of.”
  4. 4 Heb “not in truth and not in righteousness.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear this, O house of Jacob,

who are called by the name of Israel,

and who came from the waters of Judah,

who swear by the name of the Lord

and confess the God of Israel,

but not in truth or right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,

you who are called by the name of Israel

and come from the line of Judah,

you who take oaths in the name of the Lord

and invoke the God of Israel—

but not in truth or righteousness—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—

those who are called by the name Israel

and have descended from Judah,

who swear by the name of the Lord

and declare the God of Israel,

but not in truth or righteousness.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Listen to me, O family of Jacob,

you who are called by the name of Israel

and born into the family of Judah.

Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord

and call on the God of Israel.

You don’t keep your promises,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hear this, house of Jacob,

who are called by the name of Israel

and came out from the waters of Judah,

who swear by the name of Yahweh,

and invoke the God of Israel,

but not in truth

and not in righteousness.

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob,

Which are called by the name of Israel,

And are come forth out of the waters of Judah,

Which swear by the name of the Lord,

And make mention of the God of Israel,

But not in truth, nor in righteousness.