Isaiah 48

1 Listen to this O house of Jacob those [who] are called by [the] name of Israel and from [the] waters of Judah they came out those [who] swear - by [the] name of Yahweh and [the] God of Israel they bring to remembrance not in truth and not 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 from [the] city of holiness they have called themselves and on [the] God of Israel they have supported themselves [is] Yahweh of hosts name his.

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

3 The former [things] from then I declared and from mouth my they went out and I proclaimed them suddenly I acted and they came.

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 For knew I that [were] stubborn you and [was] a sinew of iron neck your and forehead your [was] bronze.

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

5 And I declared [them] to you from then before it came I proclaimed to you lest you should say idol my it did them and carved image my and molten image my it 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 look at all of it and you ¿ not will you tell I will proclaim to you new [things] from now and secret [things] and not you have known them.

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 created and not from then and before a day and not you had heard of them lest you should say here! I knew 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 Neither not you heard nor not you knew nor from then not it opened ear your for I knew certainly you will act treacherously and a rebel from [the] womb it has been called 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 For [the] sake of name my I will make long anger my and praise my I will restrain myself to you to not to cut off you.

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 Here! I have refined you and not 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 own sake my for own sake my I will act for how? will it be profaned and glory my to another not I will give.

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 called [one] my I [am] he I [am] first also 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 hand my it founded [the] earth and right [hand] my it spread out [the] heavens [am] calling I 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 Gather together all of you and listen who? among them has he declared these [things] Yahweh he loves him he will execute pleasure his on Babylon and arm his [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 I I have spoken also I have summoned him I have brought him and he will make successful way his.

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

16 Draw near to me listen to this not from [the] beginning in secrecy I have spoken from [the] time happened it [was] there I and now [the] Lord Yahweh he has sent me and spirit his.

"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 he says Yahweh redeemer your [the] holy [one] of Israel I [am] Yahweh God your [who] teaches you to profit [who] leads you in [the] way [which] you will 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 If you had paid attention to commandments my and it was like river peace your and righteousness your like [the] waves 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 it was like the sand offspring your and [the] descendants of inward parts your like grains its not it will be cut off and not it will be destroyed name its from to 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 with a sound of a shout of joy declare proclaim this send out it to [the] end of the earth say he has redeemed Yahweh servant his 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 not they were thirsty [when] in [the] waste places he led them water from a rock he caused to flow for them and he split open a rock and they flowed out waters.

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 Not peace he says Yahweh [belongs] to wicked [people].

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