Isaiah 48:12-22

New American Standard Bible

Rescue Promised

¹²“Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel ^[a]whom I called;
^(A)I am He, ^(B)I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³Assuredly My hand ^(C)founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I ^(D)call to them, they stand together.
¹⁴^(E)Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^(F)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him; he will ^(G)carry out His good pleasure against ^(H)Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵I, yes I, have spoken; indeed I have ^(I)called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
¹⁶^(J)Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the beginning I have ^(K)not spoken in secret,
^(L)From the time it took place, I was there.
And now ^(M)the Lord ^[b]God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

¹⁷This is what the Lord says, He who is your ^(N)Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to benefit,
Who ^(O)leads you in the way you should go.
¹⁸If only you had ^(P)paid attention to My commandments!
Then your ^[c]^(Q)well-being would have been like a river,
And your ^(R)righteousness like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹Your ^[d]^(S)descendants would have been like the sand,
And ^[e]your offspring like its grains;
^(T)Their name would never be eliminated or destroyed from My presence.”

²⁰^(U)Go out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of ^(V)joyful shouting, proclaim this,
^(W)Send it out to the end of the earth;
Say, “^(X)The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
²¹They did not ^(Y)thirst when He led them through the deserts.
He ^(Z)made the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and ^(AA)the water gushed out.
²²“^(AB)There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.