Isaiah 48:13 - Prayer Tents

Isaiah 48

Israel Must Leave Babylon

48"Listen to this, house of Jacob— those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and declare the God of Israel, [but] not in truth or righteousness.H8085H1004H3290H7121H8034H3478H3318H4325H3063H7650H8034H3068H2142H430H3478H571H66662For they are named after the Holy City, and lean on the God of Israel; His name is Yahweh of Hosts.H7121H6944H5892H5564H430H3478H3068H6635H80343I declared the past events long ago; they came out of My mouth; I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.H5046H7223H227H3318H6310H8085H6213H6597H9354Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,H1847H7186H6203H1270H1517H4696H51545therefore I declared to you long ago; I announced it to you before it occurred, so you could not claim: My idol caused them; my carved image and cast idol control them.H227H5046H935H8085H559H6090H6213H6459H5262H66806You have heard it. Observe it all. Will you not acknowledge it? From now on I will announce new things to you, hidden things that you have not known.H8085H2372H5046H8085H2319H6258H5341H30457They have been created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today, so you could not claim, "I already knew them!"H1254H6440H3117H8085H559H30458You have never heard; you have never known; For a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew that you were very treacherous, and were known as a rebel from birth.H8085H3045H241H6605H3045H898H898H7121H6586H9909I will delay My anger for the honor of My name, and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and [for] My praise, so that you will not be destroyed.H8034H748H639H8416H2413H377210Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.H6884H3701H977H3564H604011I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.H6213H2490H5414H3519H31212"Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by Me: I am He; I am the first, I am also the last.H8085H3290H3478H7121H7223H31413My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summoned them, they stood up together.H3027H3245H776H3225H2946H8064H7121H5975H316214All of you, assemble and listen! Who among the idols has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he will accomplish His will against Babylon, and His arm [will be against] the Chaldeans.H6908H8085H5046H3068H157H6213H2656H894H2220H377815I— I have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.H1696H7121H935H1870H674316Approach Me and listen to this. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time anything existed, I was there." And now the Lord God has sent me and His Spirit.H7126H7126H8085H1696H5643H7218H6256H136H3069H7307H797117This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for [your] benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.H559H3068H1350H6918H3478H3068H430H3925H3276H1869H1870H321218If only you had paid attention to My commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.H3863H7181H4687H7965H5104H6666H1530H322019Your descendants would have been as [countless] as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; their name would not be cut off or eliminated from My presence.H2233H2344H6631H4578H4579H8034H3772H8045H644020Leave Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with a shout of joy, proclaim this, let it go out to the end of the earth; announce, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!"H3318H894H1272H3778H6963H7440H5046H8085H3318H7097H776H559H3068H1350H5650H329021They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.H6770H3212H2723H4325H5140H6697H1234H6697H4325H210022"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."H7965H559H3068H7563