Isa 48:1-5 | ESV | STEP | Hear this , O house of Jacob , who are called by the name of Israel , and who came from the waters of Judah , who swear by the name of the Lord and confess the God of Israel , but not in truth or right .

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Isaiah 48:1-5

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
^awho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^bwho came from the waters of Judah,
^cwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
^dand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.
3 “The former things ^eI declared of old;
they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4 Because I know that ^fyou are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
5 ^gI declared them to you from of old,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, ^h‘My idol did them,
my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’