Isaiah 48
21st Century King James Version
48 “Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who 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 stand 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 showed 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 showed 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 shown 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. Who 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 who teacheth thee to profit, who 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 loins like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.”
20 Go ye forth from 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 cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 “There is no peace,” saith the Lord, “unto the wicked.”
Izaija 48
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Božja poruka Izraelu
48 »Čuj ovo, Jakovljev narode!
Vi se zovete Izraelovim imenom
i vodite porijeklo od Jude.
Zaklinjete se BOŽJIM imenom
i prizivate Izraelovog Boga,
ali niste iskreni niti odani.
2 Nazivate se stanovnicima svetoga grada
i oslanjate se na Izraelovog Boga,
ime mu je BOG Svevladar.
3 Odavno sam prorekao ono što je bilo prije,
moja usta su to najavila.
Ja sam objavio, a potom iznenada učinio,
i to se odigralo.
4 Znao sam da si tvrdoglav,
da ti je vrat čvrst poput željeza,
a čelo tvrdo kao bronca.
5 Zato sam ti to odavno rekao;
prije nego što se odigralo,
ja sam ti to najavio,
da ne možeš reći:
‘Moj idol je to učinio,
moj rezbareni i izliveni bog
zapovjedio je da bude tako.’
6 Čuo si za to, a sada sve to pogledaj:
zar ne priznaješ?
Od sada ću ti govoriti o novom,
o skrivenom i tebi nepoznatom.
7 Sada je stvoreno, a ne odavno;
o tome do danas nisi čuo.
Stoga, ne možeš reći:
‘Da, znao sam za to.’
8 Niti si čuo, niti razumio,
odavno ti uho nije otvoreno.
Dobro znam koliko si nevjeran,
buntovnik si od rođenja.
9 Ali svoj gnjev odlažem zbog svoga imena,
susprežem ga radi svoje hvale,
da te ne iskorijenim.
10 Evo, pročistio sam te, ali ne kao srebro;
provjerio sam te u talionici[a] nevolje.
11 Radi sebe, radi sebe to činim.
Zašto da samog sebe izvrgavam ruglu?
Ne dam svoju slavu drugome.
12 Jakove, slušaj me!
Izraele, tebe sam pozvao!
Ja sam Bog, Početak i Završetak.
13 Moja ruka je položila temelje zemlje,
moja desnica je razastrla nebesa.
Kad ih pozovem, zajedno ustaju.
14 Okupite se, svi vi, i slušajte:
Koji je od idola ovo prorekao?
BOG ga je izabrao[b] i on će izvršiti
njegov plan protiv Babilona.
15 Ja, da, ja sam vam to rekao;
ja sam ga pozvao.
Ja ću ga dovesti
i on će uspjeti na svom pohodu.
16 Primakni mi se i slušaj ovo:
od početka vam ne govorim u tajnosti,
a kad se to dogodi, ja sam tamo.«
A sada me Gospodar BOG poslao sa svojim Duhom. 17 Ovako govori BOG, tvoj Otkupitelj, Izraelova Svetinja:
»Ja sam BOG, tvoj Bog,
koji te uči za tvoje dobro,
koji te usmjerava kamo trebaš ići.
18 O, da si bar pazio na moje zapovijedi!
Tvoje blagostanje došlo bi kao rijeka,
tvoj uspjeh kao valovi mora.
19 Tvojih bi potomaka bilo kao pijeska,
a tvoje djece koliko i njegovih zrnaca.
Ime im se ne bi zatrlo,
niti izbrisalo preda mnom.
20 Izađite iz Babilona, bježite od Babilonaca!
Najavite to radosnim poklicima,
objavite i razglasite do krajeva zemlje.
Kažite: ‘BOG je otkupio svog slugu Jakova!’
21 Nisu bili žedni kad ih je vodio kroz pustinje,
učinio je da im iz stijene poteče voda.
Rascijepio je stijenu i voda je potekla.
22 Ali nema mira za zle«, kaže BOG.
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