1 ¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who call yourselves by the name of Israel, those that are come forth out of the waters of Judah, those who swear by the name of the LORD and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and who come forth from the seed of Judah, you who swear allegiance by the name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israel—but not in truth and sincerity, nor in righteousness (rightness and moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation)—

2 F or they call themselves of the holy city and stay themselves upon the God of Israel. The LORD of the hosts is his name.

For they call themselves of the holy city and depend on the God of Israel—the Lord of hosts is His name.

3 T hat which happened, I have already declared many days ago; and it went forth out of my mouth, and I published it; I did it suddenly, and it came to pass.

I have declared from the beginning the former things; they went forth from My mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

4 B ecause I know that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow bronze;

Because I knew that you were obstinate, and your neck was an iron sinew and your brow was brass,

5 I have already declared it many days ago; before it came to pass I showed it to thee: lest thou should say, My idol has done it, my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded these things.

Therefore I have declared things to come to you from of old; before they came to pass I announced them to you, so that you could not say, My idol has done them, and my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.

6 T hou hast heard it, thou hast seen it all; and will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

You have heard, now you see this fulfillment. And will you not bear witness to it? I show you specified new things from this time forth, even hidden things which you have not known.

7 T hey are created now, and not in days past; nor before this day hast thou heard them lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.

They are created now, and not long ago; and before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, I knew them!

8 C ertainly thou hast never heard this; certainly thou hast never known this; certainly thine ear was never before opened: for I knew that being unfaithful thou would disobey; therefore, I called thee a rebel from the womb.

Yes, you have never heard, yes, you have never known; yes, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I, the Lord, knew that you, O house of Israel, dealt very treacherously; you were called a transgressor and a rebel from your birth.

9 ¶ For my name’s sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will wait patiently for thee that I not cut thee off.

For My name’s sake I defer My anger, and for the sake of My praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.

10 B ehold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

11 F or mine own sake, even for mine own sake, I will do it, for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.

For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it; for why should I permit My name to be polluted and profaned ? And I will not give My glory to another.

12 H earken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called: I am He; I am the First, I also am the Last.

13 C ertainly my hand founded the earth, and my right hand measured the heavens with the palm; as I named them, they appeared 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 forth together.

14 A ll ye, assemble yourselves and hear; who is there among them that declares these things? The LORD has loved him, the one who will execute his will on Babylon and his arm upon the Chaldeans.

Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has foretold these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do His pleasure and purpose on Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15 I , even I, have spoken; I have called him: I have brought him, and therefore his way shall be prospered.

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

16 ¶ Come near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was done, I was there: and now the LORD God has sent me and his Spirit.

Come near to me and listen to this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent His Spirit in and with me.

17 T hus has the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel said: I am the LORD thy God who teaches thee to profit, who causes thee to walk by the way in which thou dost walk.

Thus 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 that you should go.

18 O that thou would look unto my commandments! Then thy peace would be as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Oh, that you had hearkened to My commandments! Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a flowing river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

19 T hy seed would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name would never be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like the offspring of the sea; their name would not be cut off or destroyed from before Me.

20 C ome out of Babylon, flee from among the Chaldeans. Give news of this with a voice of joy; publish this; take this news to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his slave Jacob.

Go forth out of Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing declare, tell this, cause it to go forth even to the end of the earth; say, The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob!

21 A nd they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused water to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.

And they thirsted not 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 T here is no peace for the wicked, said the LORD.

There is no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked.