1Isaiah 48:1“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the LORDAnd invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness.
2Isaiah 48:2“For they call themselves after the holy city And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.
3Isaiah 48:3“I declared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4Isaiah 48:4“Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew And your forehead bronze,
5Isaiah 48:5Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
6Isaiah 48:6“You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known.
7Isaiah 48:7“They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8Isaiah 48:8“You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.
9Isaiah 48:9“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.
10Isaiah 48:10“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11Isaiah 48:11“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.
Deliverance Promised
12Isaiah 48:12“Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
13Isaiah 48:13“Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.
14Isaiah 48:14“Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon, And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15Isaiah 48:15“I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
16Isaiah 48:16“Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
17Isaiah 48:17Thus 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 you should go.
18Isaiah 48:18“If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19Isaiah 48:19“Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”
20Isaiah 48:20Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
21Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the water gushed forth.
22Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.
