Isaiah 48

Legacy Standard Bible

48 “^(A)Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name Israel
And who came forth from the ^[a](B)loins of Judah,
Who ^(C)swear by the name of Yahweh
And bring to remembrance the God of Israel,
But not in truth or in ^(D)righteousness.
² For they call themselves after the ^(E)holy city
And ^(F)are supported by the God of Israel;
Yahweh of hosts is His name.
³ I ^(G)declared the former things long ago,
And they went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to be heard.
^(H)Suddenly I acted, and they ^(I)came to pass.
⁴ Because I know that you are ^[b](J)stiff,
And your ^(K)neck is an iron sinew
And your ^(L)forehead bronze,
⁵ Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before ^[c]they happened I caused them to be heard by you,
Lest you say, ‘My ^(M)idol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
⁶ You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I caused you to hear ^(N)new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.
⁷ They are created now and not long ago;
And before today you have not heard them,
Lest you say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
⁸ Indeed, you have not ^(O)heard; indeed, you have not known.
Indeed, even from long ago your ear has not been open
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a ^[d](P)transgressor from the ^[e]womb.
^9 (Q)For the sake of My name I ^(R)delay My anger,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you, but ^(S)not as silver;
I have tested you in the ^(T)furnace of affliction.
^11 (U)For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My ^(V)glory I will not give to another.

¹² “Hear Me, O Jacob, even Israel ^[f]whom I called;
^(W)I am He, ^(X)I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³ Also, My hand ^(Y)founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I ^(Z)call to them, they stand together.
^14 (AA)Assemble, all of you, and hear!
^(AB)Who among them has declared these things?
Yahweh loves him; he will ^(AC)carry out His good pleasure on ^(AD)Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have ^(AE)called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
^16 (AF)Draw near to Me, hear this:
From the first I have ^(AG)not spoken in secret,
^(AH)From the time it took place, I was there.
So now ^(AI)Lord Yahweh has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

“I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who ^(AK)leads you in the way you should go.
¹⁸ If only you had ^(AL)paid attention to My commandments!
Then your ^(AM)peace would have been like a river,
And your ^(AN)righteousness like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹ Your ^(AO)seed would have been like the sand,
And the offspring from your loins like its grains;
^(AP)Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”