CHAPTER 48
2 For from the holy city they are called, And they rely on the God of Israel, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
3 Long ago did I declare the former things; They went out of my mouth; I published them; I did them suddenly, And they came.
4 For I knew that thou art obstinate; And thy neck is all iron sinew; And thy forehead is of brass.
5 Long ago did I declare them to thee; Before they came, I showed to thee; Lest perhaps thou shouldst say, My idol hath done these things; My graven image And my molten image hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard; see all things; And will ye not declare them? Even now have I made thee to hear new things, And hidden things, which thou didst not know.
7 Now for the first time have they been created, And not long ago, nor by a succession of time; Thou hadst not heard them; Lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew.
8 Surely thou hadst not heard; Surely thou hadst not known; Surely it is not long since thine ear was opened; For I knew that by transgressing thou didst transgress; Therefore have I called thee a rebel from the womb.
9 For my names sake I will delay my fury; And for my praise I will restrain myself toward thee, So as not to cut thee off.
10 Behold, I have tried thee, And not like silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; For how shall my name be profaned? And I will not give my glory to another.
12 Hear me, O Jacob, And O Israel, my called; I, even I, am the first; Also I am the last.
13 Surely my hand hath founded the earth; And my right hand hath measured [283] the heavens with the palm; When I call them they stand up [284] together.
14 Assemble yourselves, all of you, And hear. Who among them declareth those things? Jehovah hath loved him, And will execute his pleasure against Babylon, And his arm [285] against the Babylonians.
15 I, I [286] have spoken; Surely I have called him, I have led him; Therefore he shall prosper in his way.
16 Draw near to me, hear this. I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; Since the thing was done, there was I; And now the Lord Jehovah, And his Spirit, hath sent me.
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel. I am Jehovah thy God, Who teacheth thee profitably, Who directeth thee in the way which thou goest.
18 O if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then should thy peace have been as a river, And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
19 Thy seed should have been as the sand, And the children of thy womb as the small stones of it; Her name would not be cut off, And would not be destroyed before my face.
20 Come forth from Babylon; Flee from the Babylonians. With the voice of rejoicing tell this; Publish, And carry it even to the end of the earth. Say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 Therefore they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; He made water to flow to them from the rock; He clave the rock, And the waters flowed out.
22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah to the wicked.