1 Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and came out from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh, and {invoke} the God of Israel, [but] not in truth and not in righteousness.
2 For they call themselves {after the holy city}, and they lean on the God of Israel-- Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.
3 "I declared the former things from {of old}, and they went out from my mouth. And I {announced} them suddenly; I acted, and they came [to pass],
4 because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
5 And I declared [them] to you from of old; I { announced} [them] to you before they came [to pass] so that you would not say, 'My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'
6 You have heard; see it all. And will you not declare [it]? I {announce} new things to you from this time and hidden things that you have not known.
7 Now they are created, and not from {of old}, and before today, and you have not heard them so that you could not say, "Look! I knew them."
8 Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.
9 For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off.
10 Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake I do [it]; for why should it be defiled? And I will not give my glory to another."
12 "Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, {whom I called}: I [am] he. I [am the] first; also I [am the] last.
13 Indeed, my hand founded [the] earth, and my right hand spread out [the] heavens; [when] I summon them, they stand in position together.
14 Assemble, all of you, and hear! Who among them declared these [things]? Yahweh loves him; he shall perform his wish against Babylon and his arm [against] {the Chaldeans}.
15 I, I myself, I have spoken! Indeed, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will be successful [in] his way.
16 Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from [the] {beginning}; from [the] time {it came to be}, there I [have been]; And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit."
17 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: "I [am] Yahweh your God, {who teaches} you to profit, leads you in [the] way you should go.
18 O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 And your offspring would have been like the sand, and the descendants of your {body} like its grains. It would not be cut off, and its name would not be destroyed from my presence."
20 Go out from Babylon! Flee from Chaldea! Proclaim [it] with a shout of rejoicing; proclaim this! {Send it forth} to the end of the earth; say, "Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!"
21 And [when] he led them through the deserts, they were not thirsty; he made water flow from [the] rock for them, and he split [the] rock, and [the] water gushed out.
22 "There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."