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以赛亚书 48
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以赛亚书 48
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
顽梗的以色列
48 “雅各家啊，听我说！
你们被称为以色列人，是犹大的子孙，
凭耶和华的名起誓、
呼求以色列的上帝，
却不真心诚意。
2 你们还自称为圣城的人，
声称倚靠名为万军之耶和华的以色列的上帝。
3 “过去所发生的事，
我很久以前就预言过、
亲口宣告过，
然后使它们瞬间发生。
4 我知道你顽梗，
有铁一般的颈项，
铜一般的额头。
5 所以，在很久以前，
事情还没有发生时就向你预言这些事，
免得你说这些是你的偶像做的，
是你雕刻和铸造的偶像命定的。
6 “你已经听见了，看看这一切，
难道你还不承认吗？
现在我要把新事，把你不知道的隐秘事告诉你。
7 这些事过去没有，现在才有，
在今天以前你从未听过，
免得你说，‘这些事我早就知道了。’
8 你不知道这些事，
甚至闻所未闻。
我知道你生性诡诈，
你自出母胎就被称为悖逆之徒。
9 “我为了我的名，暂时忍怒；
我为了我的荣耀，压住怒气，
不消灭你。
10 看啊，我熬炼你，但不像在火炉中炼银子，
我是在苦难的炉中熬炼你。
11 我这样做是为了自己，
我岂能让自己的名受亵渎，
把自己的荣耀给别人？
12 雅各，我所拣选的以色列啊，
听我说！
我是上帝，我是首先的，
也是末后的。
13 我亲手奠立大地的根基，
我的右手铺展穹苍。
我一呼唤，它们都侍立一旁。
14 “你们一起来听吧。
假神中有谁曾预言过这些事？
耶和华所拣选的人必成就祂的旨意，
他的臂膀必攻击迦勒底人。
15 唯有我说过这些事；
我召了他，领他出来；
他必一路亨通。
16 你们到我跟前来听吧。
我一开始就没有暗地里说话，
事情发生的时候，我就在场。”
现在主耶和华差遣我和祂的灵来。
17 你的救赎主耶和华——以色列的圣者说：
“我是你的上帝耶和华，
我为了使你受益而教导你，
我引导你走当行的路。
18 真希望你当时肯听我的命令！
那样，你的平安必像滚滚河水，
你的公义必如滔滔海浪；
19 你的后裔必多如海沙，
你的子孙必像细沙一样不可胜数，
他们的名号绝不会从我面前被铲除、被消灭。”
20 你们要离开巴比伦，
从迦勒底人那里逃出来。
你们要高声欢呼，向普天下传扬、宣告：
“耶和华救赎了祂的仆人雅各！”
21 耶和华带领他们经过沙漠，
他们也不会口渴。
为了他们，
祂使水从磐石中流出，祂使磐石裂开、涌出水来。
22 耶和华说：“恶人得不到平安。”
Isaiah 48
New King James Version
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
New International Version
Isaiah 48
New International Version
Stubborn Israel
48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel(A)
and come from the line of Judah,(B)
you who take oaths(C) in the name of the Lord(D)
and invoke(E) the God of Israel—
but not in truth(F) or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(G)
and claim to rely(H) on the God of Israel—
the Lord Almighty is his name:(I)
3 I foretold the former things(J) long ago,
my mouth announced(K) them and I made them known;
then suddenly(L) I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn(M) you were;
your neck muscles(N) were iron,
your forehead(O) was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced(P) them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;(Q)
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,(R)
of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created(S) now, and not long ago;(T)
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew(U) of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood;(V)
from of old your ears(W) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(X) you are;
you were called a rebel(Y) from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake(Z) I delay my wrath;(AA)
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.(AB)
10 See, I have refined(AC) you, though not as silver;
I have tested(AD) you in the furnace(AE) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(AF) for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?(AG)
I will not yield my glory to another.(AH)
Israel Freed
12 “Listen(AI) to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:(AJ)
I am he;(AK)
I am the first and I am the last.(AL)
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(AM)
and my right hand spread out the heavens;(AN)
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.(AO)
14 “Come together,(AP) all of you, and listen:
Which of the idols has foretold(AQ) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(AR)
will carry out his purpose(AS) against Babylon;(AT)
his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called(AU) him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed(AV) in his mission.
16 “Come near(AW) me and listen(AX) to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(AY)
at the time it happens, I am there.”
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(BC) the Holy One(BD) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches(BE) you what is best for you,
who directs(BF) you in the way(BG) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(BH) to my commands,
your peace(BI) would have been like a river,(BJ)
your well-being(BK) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(BL) would have been like the sand,(BM)
your children like its numberless grains;(BN)
their name would never be blotted out(BO)
nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Leave Babylon,
flee(BP) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(BQ)
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(BR)
say, “The Lord has redeemed(BS) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(BT) when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow(BU) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.(BV)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20
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