Isaiah 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 Yhwh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

“Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the Name of YHWH, And make mention of the God of Israel, Not in truth nor in righteousness.

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Yhwh of Armies is his name.

For they have been called from the Holy City, And been supported on the God of Israel, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.

3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

I declared the former things from that time, And they have gone forth from My mouth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it comes.

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

From My knowing that you are obstinate, And your neck—a sinew of iron, And your forehead—bronze,

5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

And from that time I declare [it] to you, Before it comes I have caused you to hear, Lest you say, My idol has done them, And my carved image, And my molten image commanded them.

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

You have heard, see the whole of it, And you, do you not declare? I have caused you to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that you did not know.

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.

Now they have been produced and not from that time, Indeed, before the day, and you have not heard them, Lest you say, Behold, I have known them.

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.

Indeed, you have not heard, Indeed, you have not known, Indeed, your ear has not opened from that time, For I have known you deal treacherously, And [are] a transgressor from the belly, One is crying to you.

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.

I defer My anger for My Name’s sake, And [for] My praise I restrain for you, So as not to cut you off.

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

Behold, I have refined you, and not with silver, I have chosen you in a furnace of affliction.

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.

For My sake, for My own sake, I do [it], For how is it defiled? And I do not give My glory to another.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;

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.

Also, My hand has founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling to them, they stand together.

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? Yhwh hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Be gathered, all of you, and hear, Who among them declared these things? YHWH has loved him, He does His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans.

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

I have spoken, indeed, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he has made his way prosperous.

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 Yhwh, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Come near to Me, hear this, I have not spoken in secret from the beginning, From the time of its being, I [am] there, And now Lord YHWH has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

17 Thus saith Yhwh, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am Yhwh thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I [am] your God YHWH, teaching you to profit, Causing you to tread in the way you go.

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:

O that you had attended to My commands, Then your peace is as a river, And your righteousness as billows of the sea,

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.

And your seed is as sand, And the offspring of your bowels as gravel, His name would not be cut off nor destroyed before Me.”

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, Yhwh hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, Declare with a voice of singing, Cause this to be heard, Bring it forth to the end of the earth, Say, “YHWH has redeemed His servant Jacob.”

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.

And they have not thirsted in wastelands, He has caused them to go on, He has caused waters from a rock to flow to them, Indeed, he cleaves a rock, and waters flow.

22 There is no peace, saith Yhwh, unto the wicked.

“There is no peace,” said YHWH, “for the wicked!”