LEB ISA chapter 48

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

who are called by the name of Israel
- and came out from the waters of Judah,
who swear by the name of Yahweh,
- and[fn] the God of Israel,
but not in truth
- and not in righteousness.
- 2 [fn] and they lean on the God of Israel—
  - Yahweh of hosts is his name.
- 3 [fn] and they went out from my mouth.
And I[fn] them suddenly;
- I acted,[fn] and they came to pass,
- 4 [fn] that you are obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew,
- and your forehead bronze.
- 5 them to you from of old; I[fn] them to you before they came to pass
so that you would not say, ‘My idol did them,
- and my image and my cast image commanded them.’
- 6  And will you not declare it?
I[fn] new things to you from this time
- and hidden things that[fn] you have not known.
- 7 [fn] and before today, and you have not heard them
  - so that you could not say, “Look! I knew them.”
- 8  nor from[fn] has your ear been opened.
For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously,
- and you are called a rebel from the womb.
- 9 [fn] my anger, and for my praise I restrain it for you
  - so as not to cut you off.
- 10 [fn] not like[fn] silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of misery.
- 11 it; for why should it[fn] be defiled?
  - And I will not give my glory to another.”

Yahweh Frees Israel

I am he. I am the first;
- also I am the last.
- 13 the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens;
  - when I summon[fn] them, they stand in position together.

14 Assemble, all of you, and hear!Who among them declared these things?

Yahweh loves him;

he shall perform[fn] his wish against Babylon
- and his arm against[fn]
- 15  Indeed, I have called him.
I have brought him,
- and he will be successful in his way.
- 16 the[fn] from the time[fn] there I have been;
  - And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit.”
17 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel:“I am Yahweh your God,[fn] you to profit,
- leads you in the way you should go.
18 O that you had listened attentively to my commandments!Then[fn] your prosperity would have been like a river,
- and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
- 19  and the descendants of your[fn] like its grains.[fn]
It would not be cut off,
- and its name would not be destroyed from my presence.”
- 20  Flee from Chaldea!
Proclaim[fn] it with a shout[fn] of rejoicing; proclaim[fn] this!
- [fn] to the end of the earth;
  - say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
- 21 when he led them through the deserts, they were not thirsty; he made water flow from the rock for them,
and he split the rock,
- and the water gushed out.

22 “There is no peace,” says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

48:? Literally “cause to remember”

48:? Literally “from the city of the holiness”

48:? Literally “then”

48:? Literally “caused to hear”

48:? Or “did”

48:? Literally “knowing me”

48:? Literally “caused to hear”

48:? Literally “cause to hear”

48:? Or “and”

48:? Literally “then”

48:? Literally “make long”

48:? Or “and”

48:? Or “with”

48:? That is, my name

48:? Literally “who was called by me”

48:? Or “calling”

48:14 Or “do”

48:14 Literally “Chaldea”

48:14 Literally “head”

48:14 Literally “of becoming it”

48:17 Literally “teaching”

48:18 Or “and”

48:18 Literally “intestines”

48:18 Hebrew “grain”

48:18 Or “announce”

48:18 Or “sound”

48:18 Or “cause to hear”

48:18 Literally “Cause it to go out”

LEB ISA Chapter 48