Isaiah 48

Israel’s Obstinacy

48"Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the LORD And invoke the God of Israel, [But] not in truth nor in righteousness.H8085H1004H3290H7121H8034H3478H3318H4325H3063H7650H8034H3068H2142H430H3478H571H66662"For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.H7121H6944H5892H5564H430H3478H3068H6635H80343"I declared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.H5046H7223H227H3318H6310H8085H6213H6597H9354"Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew, And your forehead bronze,H1847H7186H6203H1270H1517H4696H51545Therefore I declared [them] to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed [them] to you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.'H227H5046H935H8085H559H6090H6213H6459H5262H66806"You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known.H8085H2372H5046H8085H2319H6258H5341H30457"They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, Lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'H1254H6440H3117H8085H559H30458"You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.H8085H3045H241H6605H3045H898H898H7121H6586H9909"For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And [for] My praise I restrain [it] for you, In order not to cut you off.H8034H748H639H8416H2413H377210"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.H6884H3701H977H3564H604011"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can [My name] be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.H6213H2490H5414H3519H312

Deliverance Promised

12"Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.H8085H3290H3478H7121H7223H31413"Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.H3027H3245H776H3225H2946H8064H7121H5975H316214"Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall carry out His good pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [shall be against] the Chaldeans.H6908H8085H5046H3068H157H6213H2656H894H2220H377815"I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.H1696H7121H935H1870H674316"Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit."H7126H7126H8085H1696H5643H7218H6256H136H3069H7307H797117Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; " I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go.H559H3068H1350H6918H3478H3068H430H3925H3276H1869H1870H321218"If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.H3863H7181H4687H7965H5104H6666H1530H322019"Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence."H2233H2344H6631H4578H4579H8034H3772H8045H644020Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob."H3318H894H1272H3778H6963H7440H5046H8085H3318H7097H776H559H3068H1350H5650H329021And they did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock, and the water gushed forth.H6770H3212H2723H4325H5140H6697H1234H6697H4325H210022"There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.H7965H559H3068H7563