LEB ISA Chapter 48

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

• 48 Hear this, house of Jacob,
• who are called by the name of Israel
  • and came out from the waters of Judah,
• who swear by the name of Yahweh,
  • and invoke[fn] the God of Israel,
• but not in truth
  • and not in righteousness.
• 2 For they call themselves after the holy city ,[fn]
  • and they lean on the God of Israel—
    • Yahweh of hosts is his name.
• 3 “I declared the former things from of old ,[fn]
  • and they went out from my mouth.
• And I announced[fn] them suddenly;
  • I acted,[fn] and they came to pass,
• 4 because I know[fn] that you are obstinate,
  • and your neck an iron sinew,
  • and your forehead bronze.
• 5 And I declared them to you from of old;
  • I announced[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 You have heard; see it all.
  • And will you not declare it?
• I announce[fn] new things to you from this time
  • and hidden things that[fn] you have not known.
• 7 Now they are created, and not from of old ,[fn]
  • and before today, and you have not heard them
    • so that you could not say, “Look! I knew them.”
• 8 Neither have you heard, nor have you known,
  • nor from of old[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 For the sake of my name I refrain from[fn] my anger,
  • and for my praise I restrain it for you
    • so as not to cut you off.
• 10 Look! I have refined you, but[fn] not like[fn] silver;
  • I have chosen you in the furnace of misery.
• 11 For my own sake, for my own sake I do it;
  • for why should it[fn] be defiled?
    • And I will not give my glory to another.”
      
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Yahweh Frees Israel

• 12 “Listen to me, Jacob,
  • and Israel, whom I called :[fn]
• I am he. I am the first;
  • also I am the last.
• 13 Indeed, my hand founded 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 the Chaldeans .[fn]
• 15 I, I myself, I have spoken!
  • Indeed, I have called him.
• I have brought him,
  • and he will be successful in his way.
• 16 Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from the beginning ;[fn]
  • from the time it came to be ,[fn] there I have been;
    • And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit.”
      
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17 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel:

• “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches[fn] you to profit,
  • leads you in the way you should go.
    
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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 your offspring would have been like the sand,
  • and the descendants of your body[fn] like its grains.[fn]
• It would not be cut off,
  • and its name would not be destroyed from my presence.”
• 20 Go out from Babylon!
  • Flee from Chaldea!
• Proclaim[fn] it with a shout[fn] of rejoicing; proclaim[fn] this!
  • Send it forth[fn] to the end of the earth;
    • say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
• 21 And 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.
    
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22 “There is no peace,” says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”