Isaiah 48:1-6

English Standard Version

Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    ^(A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and ^(B)who came from the waters of Judah,
^(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.
²For they call themselves after the holy city,
    ^(D)and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

³“The former things ^(E)I declared of old;
    they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
    then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
⁴Because I know that ^(F)you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,
⁵^(G)I 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.’

⁶“You have heard; now see all this;
and will you not declare it?
From this time forth ^(I)I announce to you new things,
hidden things that you have not known.

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