Dual Panel1Hear <08085> (8798) ye this, O house <01004> of Jacob <03290>_, which are called <07121> (8737) by the name <08034> of Israel <03478>_, and are come forth <03318> (8804) out of the waters <04325> of Judah <03063>_, which swear <07650> (8737) by the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>_, and make mention <02142> (8686) of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, [but] not in truth <0571>_, nor in righteousness <06666>_.
2For they call <07121> (8738) themselves of the holy <06944> city <05892>_, and stay <05564> (8738) themselves upon the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_; The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is] his name <08034>_.
3I have declared <05046> (8689) the former things <07223> from the beginning <0227>_; and they went forth <03318> (8804) out of my mouth <06310>_, and I shewed <08085> (8686) them; I did <06213> (8804) [them] suddenly <06597>_, and they came to pass <0935> (8799)_.
4Because I knew <01847> that thou [art] obstinate <07186>_, and thy neck <06203> [is] an iron <01270> sinew <01517>_, and thy brow <04696> brass <05154>_; {obstinate: Heb. hard}
5I have even from the beginning <0227> declared <05046> (8686) [it] to thee; before it came to pass <0935> (8799) I shewed <08085> (8689) [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say <0559> (8799)_, Mine idol <06090> hath done <06213> (8804) them, and my graven image <06459>_, and my molten image <05262>_, hath commanded <06680> (8765) them.
6Thou hast heard <08085> (8804)_, see <02372> (8798) all this; and will not ye declare <05046> (8686) [it]? I have shewed <08085> (8689) thee new things <02319> from this time <06258>_, even hidden things <05341> (8803)_, and thou didst not know <03045> (8804) them.
7They are created <01254> (8738) now, and not from the beginning; even before <06440> the day <03117> when thou heardest <08085> (8804) them not; lest thou shouldest say <0559> (8799)_, Behold, I knew <03045> (8804) them.
8Yea, thou heardest <08085> (8804) not; yea, thou knewest <03045> (8804) not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear <0241> was not opened <06605> (8765)_: for I knew <03045> (8804) that thou wouldest deal very <0898> (8800) treacherously <0898> (8799)_, and wast called <07121> (8795) a transgressor <06586> (8802) from the womb <0990>_.
9For my name's <08034> sake will I defer <0748> (8686) mine anger <0639>_, and for my praise <08416> will I refrain <02413> (8799) for thee, that I cut thee not off <03772> (8687)_.
10Behold, I have refined <06884> (8804) thee, but not with silver <03701>_; I have chosen <0977> (8804) thee in the furnace <03564> of affliction <06040>_. {with...: or, for silver}
11For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do <06213> (8799) [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted <02490> (8735)_? and I will not give <05414> (8799) my glory <03519> unto another <0312>_.
12Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, O Jacob <03290> and Israel <03478>_, my called <07121> (8794)_; I [am] he; I [am] the first <07223>_, I also [am] the last <0314>_.
13Mine hand <03027> also hath laid the foundation <03245> (8804) of the earth <0776>_, and my right hand <03225> hath spanned <02946> (8765) the heavens <08064>_: [when] I call <07121> (8802) unto them, they stand up <05975> (8799) together <03162>_. {my...: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out}
14All ye, assemble <06908> (8734) yourselves, and hear <08085> (8798)_; which among them hath declared <05046> (8689) these [things]? The LORD <03068> hath loved <0157> (8804) him: he will do <06213> (8799) his pleasure <02656> on Babylon <0894>_, and his arm <02220> [shall be on] the Chaldeans <03778>_.
15I, [even] I, have spoken <01696> (8765)_; yea, I have called <07121> (8804) him: I have brought <0935> (8689) him, and he shall make his way <01870> prosperous <06743> (8689)_.
16Come <07126> (8798) ye near <07126> (8798) unto me, hear <08085> (8798) ye this; I have not spoken <01696> (8765) in secret <05643> from the beginning <07218>_; from the time <06256> that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_, and his Spirit <07307>_, hath sent <07971> (8804) me.
17Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, thy Redeemer <01350> (8802)_, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_; I [am] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> which teacheth <03925> (8764) thee to profit <03276> (8687)_, which leadeth <01869> (8688) thee by the way <01870> [that] thou shouldest go <03212> (8799)_.
18O that <03863> thou hadst hearkened <07181> (8689) to my commandments <04687>_! then had thy peace <07965> been as a river <05104>_, and thy righteousness <06666> as the waves <01530> of the sea <03220>_:
19Thy seed <02233> also had been as the sand <02344>_, and the offspring <06631> of thy bowels <04578> like the gravel <04579> thereof; his name <08034> should not have been cut off <03772> (8735) nor destroyed <08045> (8735) from before <06440> me.
20Go ye forth <03318> (8798) of Babylon <0894>_, flee <01272> (8798) ye from the Chaldeans <03778>_, with a voice <06963> of singing <07440> declare <05046> (8685) ye, tell <08085> (8685) this, utter <03318> (8685) it [even] to the end <07097> of the earth <0776>_; say <0559> (8798) ye, The LORD <03068> hath redeemed <01350> (8804) his servant <05650> Jacob <03290>_.
21And they thirsted <06770> (8804) not [when] he led <03212> (8689) them through the deserts <02723>_: he caused the waters <04325> to flow <05140> (8689) out of the rock <06697> for them: he clave <01234> (8799) the rock <06697> also, and the waters <04325> gushed out <02100> (8799)_.
22[There is] no peace <07965>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, unto the wicked <07563>_.