1 “ Hear this, O family of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who come from the seed of Judah. They make promises in the name of the Lord, and call upon the God of Israel, but not in truth or by what is right and good.

Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.

2 F or they call themselves people of the holy city, and trust in the God of Israel. The Lord of All is His name.

For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

3 I made known the things that would happen long ago. From My mouth My words went out. Then all at once I did what I said I would, and they came to pass.

I have declared the former things long ago; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to be heard: I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.

4 I know that your heart is hard. Your neck is like iron, and your forehead is like brass.

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

5 S o I made them known to you long ago. I told you before they happened, or else you might say, ‘My false god has done them. My objects of worship have made them happen.’

so I have long ago declared to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.

6 Y ou have heard, now look at all this. And will you say that you will not tell about it? I tell you new things from this time on, even hidden things which you have not known.

Thou heardest, see all this;—and ye, will not ye declare ? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:

7 T hey are made now, not long ago. Before today you have never heard of them, or you would say, ‘See, I knew them.’

they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

8 Y ou have not heard. You have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, because I knew that you could not be trusted. You have been known to fight against the law and not obey from birth.

Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.

9 B ecause of My name I hold back My anger. For My praise I keep Myself from cutting you off.

For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

10 S ee, I have tested you, but not as silver. I have tested you in the fire of suffering.

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

11 F or My own good, for My own good, I will do this. For why should I allow My name to be put to shame? I will not give My shining-greatness to another. God Will Take Israel Out of Trouble

For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do; for how should be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.

12 “ Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I called. I am He. I am the first, and I am the last.

Hearken unto me, Jacob, and Israel, my called. I HE; I, the first, and I, the last.

13 M y hand put the earth in its place. And My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.

Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.

14 G ather together, all of you, and listen! Who among them has made these things known? The Lord loves him. He will do to Babylon what pleases him, and his arm will be against the Babylonians.

All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm the Chaldeans.

15 I , even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him, I have brought him, and he will do well.

I, I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.

16 C ome near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From the time it came to be, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent me and His Spirit.”

Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

17 T he Lord Who bought you and saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says, “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to do well, Who leads you in the way you should go.

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.

18 I f only you had listened to My Laws! Then your peace would have been like a river and your right-standing with God would have been like the waves of the sea.

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

19 Y our children’s children would have been like the sand. Those born to you would have been like the sand. Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.”

and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 G o out from Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Call out for joy and let this be known to the end of the earth, saying, “The Lord has bought and set free His servant Jacob!”

Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21 T hey were not thirsty when He led them through the deserts. He made water flow out of the rock for them. He broke the rock, and the water flowed out.

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.

22 “ There is no peace for the sinful,” says the Lord.

There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.