Isaiah 48:1 Hear8085 ye this, O house1004 of Jacob,3290 who are called7121 by the name8034 of Israel,3478 and are come forth3318 out of the waters4325 of Judah;3063 who swear7650 by the name8034 of Jehovah,3068 and make mention2142 of the God430 of Israel,3478 but not in truth,571 nor in righteousness6666 cr 2 (for they call7121 themselves of the holy6944 city,5892 and stay5564 themselves upon the God430 of Israel;3478 Jehovah3068 of hosts6635 is his name):8034 cr 3 I have declared5046 the former things7223 from of old;227 yea, they went forth3318 out of my mouth,6310 and I showed8085 them: suddenly6597 I did6213 them, and they came to pass.935 cr 4 Because I knew1847 that thou art obstinate,7186 and thy neck6203 is an iron1270 sinew,1517 and thy brow4696 brass;5154 cr 5 therefore I have declared5046 it to thee from of old; before227 it came to pass935 I showed8085 it thee; lest thou shouldest say,559 Mine idol6090 hath done6213 them, and my graven image,6459 and my molten image,5262 hath commanded them.6680 cr 6 Thou hast heard8085 it; behold2372 all this; and ye, will ye not declare5046 it? I{Or, I show} have showed8085 thee new things2319 from this time,6258 even hidden things,5341 which thou hast not known.3045 cr 7 They are created1254 now, and not from of old; and before6440 this day3117 thou heardest8085 them not; lest thou shouldest say,559 Behold, I knew them.3045 cr 8 Yea, thou heardest8085 not; yea, thou knewest3045 not; yea, from of old thine ear241 was not opened:6605 for I knew3045 that thou didst deal very898 treacherously,898 and wast called7121 a transgressor6586 from the womb.990 cr 9 For my name's8034 sake will I defer748 mine anger,639 and for my praise8416 will I refrain2413 for thee, that I cut thee not off.3772 cr 10 Behold, I have refined6884 thee, but not as silver;3701 I have chosen977{Or, tried} thee in the furnace3564 of affliction.6040 cr 11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do6213 it; for how should my name be profaned?2490 and my glory3519 will I not give5414 to another.312 cr

Isaiah 48:12 Hearken8085 unto me, O Jacob,3290 and Israel3478 my called:7121 I am he; I am the first,7223 I also am the last.314 cr 13 Yea, my hand3027 hath laid the foundation3245 of the earth,776 and my right hand3225 hath spread2946 out the heavens:8064 when I call7121 unto them, they stand up5975 together.3162 cr 14 Assemble6908 yourselves, all ye, and hear;8085 who among them hath declared5046 these things? He{Or, Jehovah hath loved him: he shall etc.} whom Jehovah3068 loveth157 shall perform6213 his pleasure2656 on Babylon,894 and his arm2220 shall be on the Chaldeans. cr 15 I, even I, have spoken;1696 yea, I have called7121 him; I have brought935 him, and he shall make his way1870 prosperous.6743 cr 16 Come7126 ye near7126 unto me, hear8085 ye this; from the beginning7218 I have not spoken1696 in secret;5643 from the time6256 that it was, there am I: and now the Lord136 Jehovah3069 hath sent7971 me, and his Spirit.7307 cr

Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith559 Jehovah,3068 thy Redeemer,1350 the Holy One6918 of Israel:3478 I am Jehovah3068 thy God,430 who teacheth3925 thee to profit,3276 who leadeth1869 thee by the way1870 that thou shouldest go.3212 cr 18 Oh{Or, Oh that thou wouldest hearken . . . then would thy peace be etc.} that3863 thou hadst hearkened7181 to my commandments!4687 then had thy peace7965 been as a river,5104 and thy righteousness6666 as the waves1530 of the sea:3220 cr 19 thy seed2233 also had been as the sand,2344 and the offspring6631 of thy bowels4578 like the{Or, that of the bowels thereof} grains4579 thereof: his name8034 would not be cut off3772 nor destroyed8045 from before me.6440 cr

Isaiah 48:20 Go ye forth3318 from Babylon,894 flee1272 ye from the Chaldeans;3778 with a voice6963 of singing7440 declare5046 ye, tell8085 this, utter3318 it even to the end7097 of the earth:776 say559 ye, Jehovah3068 hath redeemed1350 his servant5650 Jacob.3290 cr 21 And they thirsted6770 not when he led3212 them through the deserts;2723 he caused the waters4325 to flow5140 out of the rock6697 for them; he clave1234 the rock6697 also, and the waters4325 gushed out.2100 cr 22 There is no peace,7965 saith559 Jehovah,3068 to the wicked.7563 cr