Isaiah 48

1 “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

to hear: hear this house: household Jacob [the] to call: call by in/on/with name Israel and from water Judah to come out: come [the] to swear in/on/with name LORD and in/on/with God Israel to remember not in/on/with truth: true and not in/on/with righteousness

2 who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

for from city [the] holiness to call: call by and upon God Israel to support LORD Hosts name his

3 I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

[the] first: previous from the past to tell and from lip my to come out: speak and to hear: proclaim them suddenly to make: do and to come (in): come

4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

from to know I for severe you(m. s.) and sinew iron neck your and forehead your bronze

5 Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

and to tell to/for you from the past in/on/with before to come (in): come to hear: proclaim you lest to say idol my to make: do them and idol my and drink offering my to command them

6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

to hear: hear to see all her and you(m. p.) not to tell to hear: proclaim you new from now and to watch and not to know them

7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’

now to create and not from the past and to/for face: before day and not to hear: hear them lest to say behold to know them

8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

also not to hear: hear also not to know also from the past not to open ear your for to know to act treacherously to act treacherously and to transgress from belly: womb to call: call by to/for you

9 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

because name my to prolong face: anger my and praise my to restrain to/for you to/for lest to cut: eliminate you

10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

behold to refine you and not in/on/with silver: money to choose you in/on/with furnace affliction

11 For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

because me because me to make: do for how? to profane/begin: profane and glory my to/for another not to give: give

12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

to hear: hear to(wards) me Jacob and Israel to call: call to my I he/she/it I first also I last

13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

also hand: power my to found land: country/planet and right my to extend heaven to call: call to I to(wards) them to stand: stand together

14 Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

to gather all your and to hear: hear who? in/on/with them to tell [obj] these LORD to love: lover him to make: do pleasure his in/on/with Babylon and arm his Chaldea

15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

I I to speak: speak also to call: call to him to come (in): bring him and to prosper way: journey his

16 Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

to present: come to(wards) me to hear: hear this not from head: first in/on/with secrecy to speak: speak from time to be she there I and now Lord YHWH/God to send: depart me and spirit his

17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

thus to say LORD to redeem: redeem your holy Israel I LORD God your to learn: teach you to/for to gain to tread you in/on/with way: conduct to go: went

18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

if to listen to/for commandment my and to be like/as river peace your and righteousness your like/as heap: wave [the] sea

19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

and to be like/as sand seed: children your and offspring belly your like/as grain his not to cut: eliminate and not to destroy name his from to/for face: before my

20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

to come out: come from Babylon to flee from Chaldea in/on/with voice cry to tell to hear: proclaim this to come out: send her till end [the] land: country/planet to say to redeem: redeem LORD servant/slave his Jacob

21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

and not to thirst in/on/with desolation to go: take them water from rock to flow to/for them and to break up/open rock and to flow: flowing water

22 “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

nothing peace to say LORD to/for wicked