Isaiah 48
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel Must Leave Babylon
48 “Listen to this, house of Jacob—
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from[a] Judah,(A)
who swear by the name of Yahweh(B)
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.
2 For they are named after the Holy City,
and lean on the God of Israel;(C)
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
3 I declared the past events long ago;
they came out of My mouth; I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
4 Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron[b]
and your forehead bronze,(D)
5 therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’(E)
6 You have heard it. Observe it all.
Will you not acknowledge it?
From now on I will announce new things to you,
hidden things that you have not known.(F)
7 They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’
8 You have never heard; you have never known;
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.(G)
9 I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,
and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.
10 Look, I have refined you,(H) but not as silver;
I have tested[c] you in the furnace of affliction.
11 I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own,(I)
for how can I[d] be defiled?
I will not give My glory to another.(J)
12 “Listen to Me, Jacob,
and Israel, the one called by Me:
I am He; I am the first,
I am also the last.(K)
13 My own hand founded the earth,
and My right hand spread out the heavens;(L)
when I summoned them,
they stood up together.
14 All of you, assemble and listen!
Who among the idols[e] has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;[f]
he will accomplish His will against Babylon,(M)
and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I—I have spoken;
yes, I have called him;(N)
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.(O)
16 Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;(P)
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit.(Q)
17 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,(R) the Holy One of Israel(S) says:
I am Yahweh your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention to My commands.
Then your peace would have been like a river,(T)
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.(U)
19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,(V)
and the offspring of your body like its grains;
their name would not be cut off
or eliminated from My presence.
20 Leave Babylon,
flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with a shout of joy,
proclaim this,
let it go out to the end of the earth;
announce,
“The Lord has redeemed His servant(W) Jacob!”
21 They did not thirst
when He led them through the deserts;
He made water flow for them from the rock;(X)
He split the rock, and water gushed out.
22 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.(Y)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:1 Lit have come from the waters of
- Isaiah 48:4 Lit is an iron sinew
- Isaiah 48:10 Or chosen
- Isaiah 48:11 DSS, Syr; MT reads it
- Isaiah 48:14 Lit among them
- Isaiah 48:14 = Cyrus
Isaías 48
Nueva Biblia Viva
El Israel obstinado
48 Escúchenme todos los que forman parte de mi pueblo; ustedes los que juran lealtad al Señor y lo invocan, pero son unos hipócritas y mentirosos. 2 Sí, porque ustedes ostentan el nombre de «Ciudad Santa» y dicen confiar en el Dios de Israel cuyo nombre es Señor Todopoderoso. 3 Una y otra vez les dije lo que iba a ocurrir en el futuro. 4 Yo sabía cuán tercos son. Tienen el cuello tan inflexible como el hierro, tienen la cabeza tan dura como el bronce. 5 Por eso les dije por anticipado lo que iba a hacer, para que no atribuyeran los hechos a sus ídolos, para que jamás pudieran decir: «Lo hizo el ídolo mío, mi imagen esculpida ordenó que sucediera».
6 Han escuchado mis predicciones y las han visto cumplirse, pero se niegan a reconocerlo. Les anunciaré ahora nuevos detalles que jamás había mencionado, secretos que ustedes no han oído. 7 Entonces no podrán decir: «¡Ya lo sabíamos!».
8 Sí, les voy a decir cosas totalmente nuevas, pues bien sé lo traidores que son, rebeldes desde la más tierna infancia, podridos por completo. 9 Mas por mí mismo y por la honra de mi nombre refrenaré mi ira y no los destruiré. 10 En el horno de aflicción los refiné, pero no encontré plata en ustedes. Carecen de valor; nada bueno hay en ustedes. 11 Pero por mí, por amor de mí mismo, los salvaré de mi ira y no los destruiré para que no digan sus dioses que me han vencido. No les permitiré que me arrebaten mi gloria.
Liberación de Israel
12 ¡Escúchame, pueblo mío, elegido mío! Sólo yo soy Dios. Yo soy el primero, yo soy el último. 13 Mi mano fue la que echó los cimientos de la tierra, la palma de mi mano derecha extendió el cielo alto. Hablé y existieron.
14 ¡Vengan y escuchen, ustedes todos! Entre todos sus ídolos, ¿cuál les dijo jamás esto: «El Señor ama a Ciro, de él se valdrá para acabar con el Imperio de Babilonia, y derrotará por completo los ejércitos caldeos»? 15 Pues yo se los estoy diciendo. Yo he llamado a Ciro, yo le he encomendado esto y haré que prospere.
16 ¡Acérquense más y escuchen! Siempre les he dicho con claridad lo que ocurriría, para que pudieran entender claramente. Y ahora el Señor Dios y su Espíritu me han enviado con este mensaje: 17 El Señor, su Redentor, el Santo de Israel, dice: Yo soy el Señor Dios de ustedes, que los castiga para su bien y que los guía por la senda que deben seguir.
18 ¡Ay, ojalá que hubieran atendido mis leyes! Entonces habrían disfrutado de paz que fluiría como manso río, y de grandes oleadas de justicia. 19 Entonces habrían llegado a ser tan numerosos e incontables como los granos de arena de las playas del mundo, y su destrucción no habría sido necesaria.
20 ¡Líbrense de su cautiverio! ¡Salgan de Babilonia, cantando en el camino! ¡Grítenle a los extremos de la tierra que el Señor ha redimido a sus siervos los israelitas! 21 Cuando él los guio por los desiertos, no padecieron sed. Él abrió la roca y de ella brotó agua para que bebieran. 22 Pero no hay paz para el malvado, dice el Señor.
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.
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Nueva Biblia Viva, © 2006, 2008 por Biblica, Inc.® Usado con permiso de Biblica, Inc.® Reservados todos los derechos en todo el mundo.