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 from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, 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 from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, 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.

The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.

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

From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead 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.

And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, 'Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command 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 hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not.

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.

Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known 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 hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.

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 defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.

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

Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a 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 sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.

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 one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] 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.

Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand 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.

Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans.

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

I — I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.

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 unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there [am] I, And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and His Spirit.

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 said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, 'I [am] Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.

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.

O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows 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.

And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name 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 out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath Jehovah 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 have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.

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

There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!