Esias 48

1 Hear these [words], you house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention [of it, but] not with truth, nor with righteousness;

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

2 maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, Jehovah of hosts is his name):

3 and they that have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and [the events] came to pass.

I have declared the former things from of old. Yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

4 I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead brazen.

Because I knew that thou are obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

5 And I told you of old what [should be] before it came upon you; I made it known to you, lest you should say, [My] idols have done [it] for me; and should say, [My] graven and molten images have commanded me.

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old. Before it came to pass I showed it to thee, lest thou should say, My idol has done them. And my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.

6 You have heard all this, but you have not known: yet I have made known to you the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and you said not,

Thou have heard it, behold all this, and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shown thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou have not known.

7 Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and you heard not of them in former days: say not you, Yes, I know them.

They are created now, and not from of old. And thou have not heard them before this day, lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.

8 You have neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened your ears: for I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and would be called a transgressor even from the womb.

Yea, thou heard not. Yea, thou knew not. Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened. For I knew that thou dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

9 For mine own sake will I show you my wrath, and will bring before you my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy you.

For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will refrain for thee, that I not cut thee off.

10 Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11 For mine own sake I will do [this] for you, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it. For how should my name be profaned? And I will not give my glory to another.

12 Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.

Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I also am the last.

13 My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.

Yea, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand up together.

14 And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to you I have fulfilled your desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.

Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear: Who among them has declared these things? He whom Jehovah loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm, the Chaldeans.

15 I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.

I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him. I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Draw near to me, and hear you these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and his Spirit, has sent me.

Come ye near to me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From the time that it was, there I am. And now the lord Jehovah and his Spirit has sent me.

17 Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the Holy One of Israel; I am your God, I have shown you how you should find the way wherein you should walk.

Thus says Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teaches thee to profit, who leads thee by the way that thou should go.

18 And if you had listened to my commandments, [then] would your peace have been like a river, and your righteousness as a wave of the sea.

Oh that thou had hearkened to my commandments! Then thy peace would have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

19 Your seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shall you by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall your name perish before me.

Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains of it. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 Go forth of Babylon, you that flee from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say you, The Lord has delivered his servant Jacob.

Go ye forth from 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, Jehovah has redeemed his servant Jacob.

21 And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.

And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.

22 There is no joy, says the Lord, to the ungodly.

There is no peace, says Jehovah, to the wicked.