Isaiah 48

1 “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.

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

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

3 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.

I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they happened.

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

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

5 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.

therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'

6 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.

You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? "I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

7 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.

They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you did not hear them; lest you should say, 'Look, I knew them.'

8 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.

Yes, you did not hear; yes, you did not know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.

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

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

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

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

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

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

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

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

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

Yes, 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 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.

"Let all of them assemble and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Jehovah loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

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

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

16 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.”

"Come near to me and hear this: "From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I." Now Jehovah has sent me, with his Spirit.

17 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.

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

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

But would that you had listened to my commandments. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

19 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.”

Your descendants would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; his name not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 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.”

Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say, Jehovah has redeemed his servant Jacob.

21 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.

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

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

"There is no peace," says Jehovah, "for the wicked."