Isa 48 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ 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 Lord And invoke the God of Israel , But not in truth nor in righteousness .

Isaiah 48

Israel’s Obstinacy

1 ^a“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the ^{▼▼ Lit waters
,} ^cloins of Judah,
Who ^dswear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in ^erighteousness.
2 “For they call themselves after the ^fholy city
And ^glean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
3 “I ^hdeclared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
ⁱSuddenly I acted, and they ^jcame to pass.
4 “Because I know that you are ^{▼▼ Or harsh
,} ^lobstinate,
And your ^mneck is an iron sinew
And your ⁿforehead bronze,
5 Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before ^{▼▼ Lit it}they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My ^pidol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you ^qnew things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.
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.’
8 “You have not ^rheard, 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 ^{▼▼ Or transgressor
,} ^trebel from ^{▼▼ Lit the belly}birth.
9 ^v“For the sake of My name I ^wdelay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 “Behold, I have refined you, but ^xnot as silver;
I have tested you in the ^yfurnace of affliction.
11 ^z“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My ^aaglory I will not give to another.

Deliverance Promised

12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel ^{▼▼ Lit My called one}whom I called;
^acI am He, ^adI am the first, I am also the last.
13 “Surely My hand ^aefounded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I ^afcall to them, they stand together.
14 ^ag“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^ahWho among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him; he will ^aicarry out His good pleasure on ^ajBabylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 “I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have ^akcalled him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
16 ^al“Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have ^amnot spoken in secret,
^anFrom the time it took place, I was there.
And now ^aothe Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

17 Thus says the Lord, your ^aqRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who ^arleads you in the way you should go.
18 “If only you had ^aspaid attention to My commandments!
Then your ^{▼▼ Or peace
,} ^auwell-being would have been like a river,
And your ^avrighteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 “Your ^{▼▼ Lit seed
,} ^axdescendants would have been like the sand,
And ^{▼▼ Lit the offspring of your inward parts}your offspring like its grains;
^azTheir name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

20 ^baGo forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of ^bbjoyful shouting, proclaim this,
^bcSend it out to the end of the earth;
Say, ^bd“The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
21 They did not ^bethirst when He led them through the deserts.
He ^bfmade the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and ^bgthe water gushed forth.
22 ^bh“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.