XLVIII. 1 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, not in truth, and not in righteousness.
2 For they are called of the holy city, and lean upon the God of Israel: the Lord of Hosts is his name.
3 I have declared the first things from that time; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art hard, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass:
5 Therefore I have from that time declared it to thee 3 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 3 see it all: and ye, will not ye declare it? I have caused thee to hear new things from now, and things reserved, and thou didst not know them. ‘
7 They are created now, and not from that time 3 and before to-day, and thou heardest them not 3 lest thou shouldest say,- Behold, I knew them.
8 Nay, thou hast not heard 3 nay, thou hast not known 3 nay, from that. time thine ear opened not 3 for I knew that thou gigs; (33:1 very treacherously, and wast‘ called a rebel from the womb.
9 For my name’s sake I defer mine anger, and for my praise do I refrain it for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do (it) 3 for how is it profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he, I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also laid the foundation of the earth, and my ’ right hand spread out the heavens; I call unto them, they will stand up together. ·
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do lgiausre on Babylon, and his arm (shall be) on the Chaldaeans.
15 I, I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Draw near unto me, hear ye this; not from the beginning have I spoken in secret; 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 thou shouldest walk.
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! and ’ thy peace had been as the river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the seal
19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed before me.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldaeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, make this heard, send it forth to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21. And they thirsted not in the deserts (where) he made them go; he caused the waters to flow out Of the rock for them; and he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked.
Isaias. . ed. Richard Rusden Ottley. Germany. 2016.
Sponsored by University of Leipzig.
Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.