Dual Panel1Listen <08085> to this <02063>, O family <01004> of Jacob <03290>, you who are called <07121> by the name <08034> ‘Israel <03478>,’ and are descended <04325> from Judah <03063>, who take oaths <07650> in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068>, and invoke <02142> the God <0430> of Israel <03478>– but not <03808> in an honest <0571> and just manner <06666>. manner <03808>.
2Indeed <03588>, they live <07121> in <05921> the holy <06944> city <05892>; they trust in <05564> the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, whose name <08034> is the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>.
3“I announced <05046> events beforehand <0227> <07223>, I issued <03318> the decrees <06310> and made <08085> the predictions <08085>; suddenly <06597> I acted <06213> and they came to pass <0935>.
4I did this because <03588> I know <01847> how stubborn <07186> you <0859> are. Your neck <06203> muscles <01517> are like iron <01270> and your forehead <04696> like bronze <05154>.
5I announced <05046> them to you beforehand <0227>; before <02962> they happened <0935>, I predicted <08085> them for you, so <06435> you could never say <0559>, ‘My image <06091> did <06213> these things, my idol <06459>, my cast image <05262>, decreed <06680> them.’
6You have heard <08085>; now look <02372> at all <03605> the evidence! Will you <0859> not <03808> admit <05046> that what I say is true? From this point on <06258> I am announcing <08085> to you new <02319> events that are previously unrevealed <05341> and you do not <03808> know <03045> about.
7Now <06258> they come into being <01254>, not <03808> in the past <0227>; before <06440> today <03117> you did not <03808> hear <08085> about them, so <06435> you could not say <0559>, ‘Yes <02009>, I know <03045> about them.’
8You did not <03808> hear <08085>, you do not <03808> know <03045>, you were not <03808> told <0241> <06605> beforehand <0227>. For <03588> I know <03045> that you are very deceitful <0898> <0901>; you were labeled <07121> a rebel <06586> from birth <0990>.
9For the sake <04616> of my reputation <08034> I hold back <0748> my anger <0639>; for the sake of my prestige <08416> I restrain <02413> myself from destroying <03772> you.
10Look <02009>, I have refined <06884> you, but not <03808> as silver <03701>; I have purified <0977> you in the furnace <03564> of misery <06040>.
11For my sake <04616> <04616> alone I will act <06213>, for <03588> how <0349> can I allow my name to be defiled <02490>? I will not <03808> share <05414> my glory <03519> with anyone else <0312>!
12Listen <08085> to <0413> me, O Jacob <03290>, Israel <03478>, whom I <0589> summoned <07121>! I <0589> am the one <01931>; I <0589> am present at the very beginning <07223> and <0637> at the very end <0314>.
13Yes <0637>, my hand <03027> founded <03245> the earth <0776>; my right hand <03225> spread <02946> out the sky <08064>. I <0589> summon <07121> them; they stand <05975> together <03162>.
14All <03605> of you, gather <06908> together and listen <08085>! Who <04310> among them announced <05046> these <0428> things? The Lord’s <03069> ally <0157> will carry out <06213> his desire <02656> against Babylon <0894>; he will exert his power <02220> against the Babylonians <03778>.
15I <0589>, I <0589> have spoken <01696>– yes <0637>, I have summoned <07121> him; I lead <0935> him and he will succeed <01870> <06743>.
16Approach <07126> me! Listen <08085> to this <02063>! From the very first <07218> I have not <03808> spoken in secret <05643>; when <06256> it happens <01961>, I <0589> am there <08033>.” So now <06258>, the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> has sent <07971> me, accompanied by his spirit <07307>.
17This is what <03541> the Lord <03068>, your protector <01350>, says <0559>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>: “I <0589> am the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, who teaches <03925> you how to succeed <03276>, who leads <01869> you in the way <01870> you should go <01980>.
18If only <03863> you had obeyed <07181> my commandments <04687>, prosperity <07965> would have flowed <01961> to you like a river <05104>, deliverance <06666> would have come to you like the waves <01530> of the sea <03220>.
19Your descendants <02233> would have been <01961> as numerous as sand <02344>, and your children <04578> <06631> like its granules <04579>. Their name <08034> would not <03808> have been cut off <03772> and eliminated <08045> from my presence <06440>.
20Leave <03318> Babylon <0894>! Flee <01272> from the Babylonians <03778>! Announce <05046> it with a shout <06963> of joy <07440>! Make this <02063> known! Proclaim <08085> it throughout <05704> the earth <0776> <07097>! Say <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> protects <01350> his servant <05650> Jacob <03290>.
21They do not <03808> thirst <06770> as he leads <01980> them through dry regions <02723>; he makes water <04325> flow <05140> out of a rock <06697> for them; he splits <01234> open a rock <06697> and water <04325> flows <02100> out.’
22There will be no <0369> prosperity <07965> for the wicked <07563>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.