ਯਸਾਯਾਹ 48
Punjabi Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਆਪਣੀ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਹਕੂਮਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ
48 ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਆਖਦਾ ਹੈ, “ਯਾਕੂਬ ਦੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਵਾਲਿਓ, ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣੋ!
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਲੋਕ ਆਪਣੇ-ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ‘ਇਸਰਾਏਲ’ ਅਖਵਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਯਹੂਦਾਹ ਦੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਨਮ ਲਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਕਰਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਵਰਤਦੇ ਹੋ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੀ ਉਸਤਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ।
ਪਰ ਇਮਾਨਦਾਰ ਤੇ ਸੁਹਿਰਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ, ਜਦੋਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ।”
2 “ਹਾਂ, ਉਹ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦੇ ਨਾਗਰਿਕ ਹਨ।
ਉਹ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਨੇ।
ਉਸਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਸਰਬ-ਸ਼ਕਤੀਮਾਨ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਹੈ।
3 “ਮੈਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਸੀ ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਵਾਪਰਨਗੀਆਂ।
ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਸੀ।
ਤੇ ਫ਼ੇਰ ਅਚਾਨਕ, ਮੈਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਪਰਨ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
4 ਮੈਂ ਇਹ ਇਸ ਲਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਸਾਂ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿੱਦੀ ਹੋ।
ਲੋਹੇ ਵਾਂਗਰਾਂ, ਜਿਹੜਾ ਮੁੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੱਕਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਤਾਂਬੇ ਵਾਂਗਰਾਂ ਸਖਤ ਸੀ।
5 ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਬਹੁਤ ਸਮਾਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਸੀ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਕਿ ਵਾਪਰੇਗਾ ਕੀ।
ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਾਪਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਦੱਸ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਸੀ ਤਾਂ
ਜੋ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਹ ਨਾ ਆਖ ਸੱਕੋਁ,
‘ਸਾਡੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕੀਤਾ?
ਸਡੀਆਂ ਮੂਰਤੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਬੁੱਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ।’”
ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ
6 “ਤੁਸੀਂ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਤੇ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਜੋ ਵੀ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ।
ਇਸ ਲਈ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਖਬਰ ਹੋਰਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਸਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਹੁਣ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਦੱਸਾਂਗਾ
ਉਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ, ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹਾਲੇ ਤੱਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੇ।
7 ਇਹ ਉਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਾਪਰੀਆਂ ਸਨ।
ਇਹ ਉਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਹੁਣ ਵਾਪਰ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
ਅੱਜ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੁਣਿਆ।
ਇਸ ਲਈ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਖ ਸੱਕਦੇ, ‘ਅਸੀਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਸਾਂ।’
8 ਪਰ ਫ਼ੇਰ ਵੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੁਣੀ!
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਿੱਖੀ!
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਣਨ ਤੋਂ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜੋ ਵੀ ਮੈਂ ਆਖਿਆ।
ਮੈਂ ਆਦਿ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਖਿਲਾਫ਼ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੋਂਗੇ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਜੰਮਣ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਖਿਲਾਫ਼ ਵਿਦਰੋਹ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।
9 “ਪਰ ਮੈਂ ਧੀਰਜ ਰੱਖਾਂਗਾ ਅਜਿਹਾ
ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।
ਲੋਕ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਹਿਰਵਾਨ ਨਾ ਹੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਤਬਾਹ ਨਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਮੇਰੀ ਉਸਤਤ ਕਰਨਗੇ।
ਇੰਤਜ਼ਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਉਸਤਤ ਕਰੋਂਗੇ।
10 “ਦੇਖੋ, ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰ ਦਿਆਂਗਾ।
ਲੋਕ ਚਾਂਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅੱਗ ਦੀ ਲਾਟ ਦਾ ਇਸਤੇਮਾਲ ਕਰਦੇ ਨੇ।
ਪਰ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਮੁਸੀਬਤਾਂ ਦੇਕੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।
11 ਅਜਿਹਾ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ-ਆਪਣੇ ਲਈ!
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਇੰਝ ਸਲੂਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰੋਂਗੇ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਮੈਂ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਾਂ!
ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਪਰਤਾਪ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਤਤ ਕਿਸੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਦੇਵਤੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੈਣ ਦੇਵਾਂਗਾ।
12 “ਯਾਕੂਬ, ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ!
ਇਸਰਾਏਲ, ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਬੰਦਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਬੁਲਾਇਆ ਸੀ।
ਇਸ ਲਈ ਸੁਣੋ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ।
ਮੈਂ ਹਾਂ ਆਦਿ!
ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਅੰਤ ਹਾਂ!
13 ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥੀਂ ਧਰਤੀ ਸਾਜੀ ਸੀ।
ਮੇਰੇ ਸੱਜੇ ਹੱਥ ਨੇ ਅਕਾਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਸੀ।
ਤੇ ਜੇ ਮੈਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੁਲਾਵਾਂਗਾ,
ਉਹ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੋਕੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਆ ਜਾਣਗੇ।
14 “ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸਾਰੇ ਹੀ, ਇੱਥੇ ਆਵੋ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਣੋ!
ਕੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਇੱਕ ਵੀ ਝੂਠੇ ਦੇਵਤੇ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਵਾਪਰਨਗੀਆਂ? ਨਹੀਂ!”
ਉਹ ਬੰਦਾ ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਚੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ ਉਹੀ ਕੁਝ ਕਰੇਗਾ,
ਜੋ ਉਹ ਬਾਬਲ ਅਤੇ ਕਸਦੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।”
15 ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਆਖਦਾ ਹੈ, “ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਬੁਲਾਵਾਂਗਾ।
ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਲਿਆਵਾਂਗਾ।
ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਫ਼ਲ ਬਣਾਵਾਂਗਾ!
16 ਇੱਥੇ ਆ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ!
ਮੈਂ ਓੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਸਾਂ ਜਦੋਂ ਬਾਬਲ ਦਾ ਜਨਮ ਇੱਕ ਕੌਮ ਵਜੋਂ ਹੋਇਆ।
ਤੇ ਆਦਿ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ, ਮੈਂ ਸਾਫ਼ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਸੀ ਤਾਂ
ਜੋ ਲੋਕ ਜਾਣ ਸੱਕਣ ਕਿ ਮੈਂ ਕੀ ਆਖਿਆ ਸੀ।”
ਫ਼ੇਰ ਯਸਾਯਾਹ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ, “ਹੁਣ, ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ, ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਆਤਮੇ ਨੂੰ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਦੱਸਣ ਲਈ ਭੇਜਦਾ ਹੈ। 17 ਯਹੋਵਾਹ, ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ, ਇਸਰਾਏਲ ਦਾ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪੁਰੱਖ, ਆਖਦਾ ਹੈ,
“ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਹਾਂ।
ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਸਿੱਖਾਉਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਜਿਹੜੀਆਂ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਹਨ।
ਮੈਂ ਓਸ ਰਾਹ ਉੱਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
18 ਜੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਮੰਨੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ,
ਤਾਂ ਅਮਨ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਵੱਲ ਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਭਰੀ ਹੋਈ ਨਦੀ ਵਗਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਸ਼ੁਭ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਵੱਲ ਬਾਰ-ਬਾਰ ਆਉਂਦੀਆਂ
ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਲਹਿਰਾਂ।
19 ਜੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਗਲ ਮੰਨੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ,
ਤਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਬੱਚੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ।
ਉਹ ਰੇਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਕਣਾਂ ਜਿੰਨੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ।
ਜੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਮੰਨੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਤਾਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਤਬਾਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੰਗ ਜਿਉਂਦੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ।”
20 ਮੇਰੇ ਬੰਦਿਓ, ਬਾਬਲ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਦਿਓ!
ਮੇਰੇ ਲੋਕੋ, ਕਸਦ ਤੋਂ ਨੱਸ ਜਾਵੋ!
ਇਹ ਖਬਰ ਦੂਰ-ਦੂਰ ਤਾਈਂ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਫ਼ੈਲਾ ਦੇਵੋ।
ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਸ ਦਿਓ, “ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਸੇਵਕ, ਯਾਕੁੂਬ ਨੂੰ ਬਚਾ ਲਿਆ!
21 ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਮਾਰੂਬਲ ਅੰਦਰ ਕੀਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਦੇ ਪਿਆਸ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਗੀ।
ਕਿਉਂ ਕਿ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਚੱਟਾਨ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪੈਦਾ ਕੀਤਾ!
ਉਸ ਨੇ ਚੱਟਾਨ ਤੋੜ ਦਿੱਤੀ,
ਤੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਬਾਹਰ ਵੱਲ ਵਗ ਪਿਆ!”
22 ਪਰ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਵੀ ਆਖਿਆ,
“ਬਦ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈਁ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਂਦੀ।”
Isaiah 48
King James Version
48 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Isaiah 48
New King James Version
Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
2 For they call themselves (B)after the holy city,
And (C)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
3 “I have (D)declared the former things from the beginning;
They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.
Suddenly I did them, (E)and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you were [a]obstinate,
And (F)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8 Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called (G)a transgressor from the womb.
9 “For(H) My name’s sake (I)I will [b]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, (J)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (K)furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (L)how should My name be profaned?
And (M)I will not give My glory to another.
God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, (N)I am the (O)First,
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed (P)My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When (Q)I call to them,
They stand up together.
14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(R)The Lord loves him;
(S)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, (T)I have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(U)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (V)the Lord God and His Spirit
[c]Have sent Me.”
17 Thus says (W)the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
(X)Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 (Y)Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
(Z)Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 (AA)Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
20 (AB)Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has (AC)redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
21 And they (AD)did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He (AE)caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 “There(AF) is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard
- Isaiah 48:9 delay
- Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit
Isaiah 48
Wycliffe Bible
48 The house of Jacob, that be called by the name of Israel, and went out of the waters of Judah, hear these things, which swear in the name of the Lord, and have mind on God of Israel, not in truth, neither in rightfulness. (Hear ye these things, the house of Jacob, who be called by the name of Israel, and who went out of the seed, or the descendants, of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord, and who remember the God of Israel, but not in truth, or in righteousness.)
2 For they be called of the holy city (For they call themselves citizens of the holy city), and be stablished on the God of Israel, the Lord of hosts is his name.
3 From that time I told (of) the former things, and those went out of my mouth; and I made them known; (then) suddenly I wrought (them), and those things came (to be).
4 For I knew that thou art hard, and thy noll is (like) a sinew of iron, and thy forehead is (like) of brass.
5 I before-said to thee from that time; before that those things came, I showed (them) to thee; lest peradventure thou wouldest say, Mine idols did these things, and my graven images, and my molten images, sent these things, (I told thee before the time; before that those things came, I showed them to thee; lest thou wouldest say, My idols did these things, yea, my carved idols, and my cast idols, have commanded these things to be.)
6 which thou heardest. See thou all things, but ye told not. I made heard new things to thee from that time, and things be kept which thou knowest not; (Thou hast heard, and seen, all these things, but ye have not told them out. I made known to thee new things from that time, and hidden things which thou knewest not before;)
7 now those be made of nought, and not from that time, and before the day, and thou heardest not (of) those things; lest peradventure thou say, Lo! I knew those things. (and those things be made out of nothing, and were not from that time, yea, before today thou heardest not of those things; lest thou now say, Lo! I knew all these things.)
8 Neither thou heardest, neither thou knewest, neither thine ear was opened from that time; for I know, that thou trespassing shalt trespass, and I called thee a trespasser from the womb.
9 For my name I shall make far my strong vengeance, and with my praising I shall refrain (for) thee, lest thou perish. (For the sake of my name I shall make my strong vengeance to go far away, and for the sake of my praises I shall refrain from hurting thee, lest thou perish.)
10 Lo! I have sodden thee, but not as silver; I chose thee in the chimney of poverty. (Lo! I have tested thee, but not like silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.)
11 I shall do for me, that I be not blasphemed (I shall do it for my own sake, so that I be not blasphemed), and I shall not give my glory to another.
12 Jacob and Israel (Jacob, yea, Israel), whom I call(ed), hear thou me; I myself, I am the first, and I am the last.
13 And mine hand founded the earth, and my right hand meted (the) heavens; I shall call them, and they shall stand (up) together (and when I call them, they stand up at once).
14 All ye be gathered together, and hear; who of them told [out] these things? The Lord loved him, he shall do his will in Babylon, and his arm in Chaldees (and his arm, or his power, shall be upon the Chaldeans).
15 I, I spake, and called him; I brought him, and his way was (ad)dressed. (I, I spoke, and called him; I brought him, and his way shall prosper.)
16 Nigh ye to me, and hear ye these things; at the beginning I spake not in huddles, either private (Come ye to me, and hear ye these things; from the beginning, I did not speak in secret, or in private); from (the) time, before that (these) things were made, I was there, and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, (have) sent me.
17 The Lord, thine again-buyer, the Holy of Israel, saith these things, I am thy Lord God, teaching thee profitable things, and I govern thee in the way, wherein thou goest. (The Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, saith these things, I am the Lord thy God, teaching thee profitable things, and I govern thee on the way, on which thou goest.)
18 I would that thou haddest perceived my commandments, thy peace had been made as [a] flood, and thy rightfulness as the swells of the sea; (O that thou haddest followed my commandments! then thy peace would have flowed like a river, and thy righteousness like the swells of the sea;)
19 and thy seed had been as gravel, and the generation of thy womb, as the little stones thereof; the name of it had not perished, and had not been all-broken from my face. (and thy children would have been like the sand, and the descendants from thy womb, like its grains in number; their name would not have perished, and would not have been all-broken, or blotted out, from my sight.)
20 Go ye out of Babylon, flee ye from Chaldees; tell ye in the voice of full out joying; make ye this heard, and bear ye it unto the last parts of [the] earth; say ye, The Lord again-bought his servant Jacob. (Go ye out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; tell ye in the voice of rejoicing; make ye this heard, and carry ye it unto the ends of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed, or hath rescued, his servant Jacob.)
21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out; he brought forth to them water of a stone, and he parted the stone, and waters flowed. (They did not thirst in the desert, when he led them out; he brought forth water out of a stone for them, yea, he parted the stone, and the waters flowed out.)
22 Peace is not to wicked men, saith the Lord. (There is no peace, or rest, for the wicked, saith the Lord.)
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