ISA-48:1 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.

ISA-48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay

themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his

name.

ISA-48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning;

and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did

[them] suddenly, and they came to pass.

ISA-48:4 Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck

[is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

ISA-48:5 I have even from the beginning declared [it] to thee;

before it came to pass I showed [it] thee: lest thou shouldest

say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my

molten image, hath commanded them.

ISA-48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare

[it]? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden

things, and thou didst not know them.

ISA-48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even

before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest

say, Behold, I knew them.

ISA-48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea,

from that time [that] thine ear was not opened: for I knew that

thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a

transgressor from the womb.

ISA-48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my

praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

ISA-48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I

have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

ISA-48:11 For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do

[it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give

my glory unto another.

ISA-48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am]

he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.

ISA-48:13 Mine 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.

ISA-48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among

them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he

will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the

Chaldeans.

ISA-48:15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I

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

ISA-48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken

in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there

[am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

ISA-48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of

Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,

which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.

ISA-48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then

had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the

waves of the sea:

ISA-48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring

of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have

been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

ISA-48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans,

with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even]

to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his

servant Jacob.

ISA-48:21 And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the

deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them:

he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

ISA-48:22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

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