Yeshayahu 48
Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah), Chapter 48
'"`UNIQ--named-00000000-QINU`"'1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the fountain of Judah; who swear by the name of HaShem, and make mention of the G-d of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000001-QINU`"'2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the G-d of Israel, HaShem of hosts is His name.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000002-QINU`"'3 I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of My mouth, and I announced them; suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000003-QINU`"'4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
'"`UNIQ--named-00000004-QINU`"'5 Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I announced it to thee; lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'
'"`UNIQ--named-00000005-QINU`"'6 Thou hast heard, see, all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have announced unto thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000006-QINU`"'7 They are created now, and not from of old, and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'
'"`UNIQ--named-00000007-QINU`"'8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000008-QINU`"'9 For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger, and for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000009-QINU`"'10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000A-QINU`"'11 For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; for how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000B-QINU`"'12 Hearken unto Me, O Jacob, and Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also am the last.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000C-QINU`"'13 Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spread out the heavens; when I call unto them, they stand up together.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000D-QINU`"'14 Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? He whom HaShem loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon, and show His arm on the Chaldeans.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000E-QINU`"'15 I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000F-QINU`"'16 Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the L-rd GOD hath sent me, and His spirit.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000010-QINU`"'17 Thus saith HaShem, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am HaShem thy G-d, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000011-QINU`"'18 Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
'"`UNIQ--named-00000012-QINU`"'19 Thy seed also would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before Me.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000013-QINU`"'20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye: 'The HaShem hath redeemed His servant Jacob.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000014-QINU`"'21 And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; He cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.'
'"`UNIQ--named-00000015-QINU`"'22 There is no peace, saith HaShem concerning the wicked.
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Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.
