Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
1 Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.
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, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
1 “(A)Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named IsraelAnd who came forth from the (a)(B)loins of Judah,Who (C)swear by the name of the LordAnd invoke the God of Israel,But not in truth nor in (D)righteousness.
1 “Listen to this, house of Jacob—those who are called by the name Israeland have descended from(a) Judah,(A)who swear by the name of Yahweh(B)and declare the God of Israel,but not in truth or righteousness.
1 "Listen to this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who have come forth from Judah's loins; you who swear oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth, nor in good faith.
2 Yet you are proud to say that you are citizens of the holy city and that you depend on Israel's God, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.
2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
2 “For they call themselves after the (E)holy cityAnd (F)lean on the God of Israel;The Lord of hosts is His name.
2 For they are named after the Holy City,and lean on the God of Israel;(C)His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
2 For they name themselves after the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.
3 Jehovah says to Israel: Long ago I predicted what would take place. Then suddenly I made it happen.
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
3 “I (G)declared the former things long agoAnd they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.(H)Suddenly I acted, and they (I)came to pass.
3 I declared the past events long ago;they came out of My mouth; I proclaimed them.Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
3 I foretold the former things long ago; it went forth from my mouth, and I disclosed them; Suddenly, I acted, and they came to pass.
4 I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
4 “Because I know that you are (b)(J)obstinate,And your (K)neck is an iron sinewAnd your (L)forehead bronze,
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,
5 I predicted your future long ago. I announced events before they took place, to keep you from claiming that your idols and images made them happen.
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
5 Therefore I declared them to you long ago,Before (c)they took place I proclaimed them to you,So that you would not say, ‘My (M)idol has done them,And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
5 therefore I declared to you long ago.I announced it to you before it occurred,so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;my carved image and cast idol control them.’(E)
5 I told you these things long ago; I announced them to you before they happened so that you couldn't say, "My idol did them; my carved image or metal idol ordained them.'
6 All I foretold has now taken place. You have to admit my predictions were right. Now I will tell you of new things to come, events that I did not reveal before.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
6 “You have heard; look at all this.And you, will you not declare it?I proclaim to you (N)new things from this time,Even hidden things which you have not known.
6 You have heard it. Observe it all.Will you not acknowledge it?From now on I will announce new things to you,hidden things that you have not known.(F)
6 "You have heard now look at them all! How can you not admit them? From now on, I'll make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known.
7 They are created now, not in the past. You have not heard about them before today, so you cannot say that you already knew about 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.
7 “They are created now and not long ago;And before today you have not heard them,So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
7 They have been created now, and not long ago;you have not heard of them before today,so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’
7 They are created now, and not long ago; you didn't hear them before today, so you cannot say, "Yes, I knew them.'
8 You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.
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.
8 “You have not (O)heard, you have not known.Even from long ago your ear has not been open,Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;And you have been called a (d)(P)rebel from (e)birth.
8 You have never heard; you have never known;For a long time your ears have not been open.For I knew that you were very treacherous,and were known as a rebel from birth.(G)
8 And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth.
9 For my name's sake I will be patient. For my glory's sake I will hold my anger back from you, and not destroy you.
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.
9 “(Q)For the sake of My name I (R)delay My wrath,And for My praise I restrain it for you,In order not to cut you off.
9 I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,so that you will not be destroyed.
9 I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.
10 I have been testing you for myself like silver. I have put you through the fire of trouble.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
10 “Behold, I have refined you, but (S)not as silver;I have tested you in the (T)furnace of affliction.
10 Look, I have refined you,(H) but not as silver;I have tested(c) you in the furnace of affliction.
10 Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.
11 I did it for myself and because of my name. I will not let my name be shamed (profaned). I will not give my glory to another.
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.
11 “(U)For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;For how can My name be profaned?And My (V)glory I will not give to another.
11 I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own,(I)for how can I(d) be defiled?I will not give My glory to another.(J)
11 For my own sake Yes, for my own sake! I'm doing it; indeed, how can I be profaned? Furthermore, I won't give my glory to another."
Yahweh Frees Israel
12 Listen to me Jacob and Israel, my loved one. I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel (f)whom I called;(W)I am He, (X)I am the first, I am also the last.
12 “Listen to Me, Jacob,and Israel, the one called by Me:I am He; I am the first,I am also the last.(K)
12 "Listen to these things, Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called. I am the One: I am the first, I am even the last.
13 My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.
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.
13 “Surely My hand (Y)founded the earth,And My right hand spread out the heavens;When I (Z)call to them, they stand together.
13 My own hand founded the earth,and My right hand spread out the heavens;(L)when I summoned them,they stood up together.
13 Moreover, my hands laid the earth's foundation, and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call out to them, and they stand up together.
14 Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? Jehovah loves Cyrus. He will carry out Jehovah's plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which 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.
14 “(AA)Assemble, all of you, and listen!(AB)Who among them has declared these things?The Lord loves him; he will (AC)carry out His good pleasure on (AD)Babylon,And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
14 All of you, assemble and listen!Who among the idols(e) has declared these things?The Lord loves him;(f)he will accomplish His will against Babylon,(M)and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
14 Let all of them come together and listen: Who is there among them that could declare these things? "The LORD loves me, and he will accomplish my purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here and he will succeed.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
15 “I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have (AE)called him,I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
15 I—I have spoken;yes, I have called him;(N)I have brought him,and he will succeed in his mission.(O)
15 I Yes, I! have spoken; indeed, I've called and I've brought him, and he will make his path successful.
16 Come here. Listen to this! From the beginning I have spoken nothing in private. From the time it took place, I was there. Now the Lord Jehovah has sent me, and his Spirit.
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.
16 “(AF)Come near to Me, listen to this:From the first I have (AG)not spoken in secret,(AH)From the time it took place, I was there.And now (AI)the Lord (g)God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
16 Approach Me and listen to this.From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;(P)from the time anything existed, I was there.”And now the Lord Godhas sent me and His Spirit.(Q)
16 Draw near to me, and listen to this: "From the beginning I haven't spoken in secret; at the time it happened, I was there.' And now the LORD God, and his Spirit, has sent me.
The Lord's Plan For His People
17 This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.
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 that thou shouldest go.
17 Thus says the Lord, your (AJ)Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,Who (AK)leads you in the way you should go.
17 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer,(R) the Holy One of Israel(S) says:I am Yahweh your God,who teaches you for your benefit,who leads you in the way you should go.
17 "This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who directs you in the path by which you should go.
18 If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.
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:
18 “If only you had (AL)paid attention to My commandments!Then your (h)(AM)well-being would have been like a river,And your (AN)righteousness like the waves of the sea.
18 If only you had paid attention to My commands.Then your peace would have been like a river,(T)and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.(U)
18 Now if only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your success like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
19 “Your (i)(AO)descendants would have been like the sand,And (j)your offspring like its grains;(AP)Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”
19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,(V)and the offspring of your body like its grains;their name would not be cut offor eliminated from My presence.
19 Your descendants would've been like the sand, and your offspring like its numberless grains. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or annihilated out of my reach.
20 Get out of Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Shout for joy as you tell it and announce it. Shout it out to the ends of the earth. Say: Jehovah has reclaimed his servant Jacob.
20 Go ye forth of 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.
20 (AQ)Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!Declare with the sound of (AR)joyful shouting, proclaim this,(AS)Send it out to the end of the earth;Say, “(AT)The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
20 Leave Babylon,flee from the Chaldeans!Declare with a shout of joy,proclaim this,let it go out to the end of the earth;announce,“The Lord has redeemed His servant(W) Jacob!”
20 "Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! With happy shouts, announce and proclaim this to the ends of the earth: Say, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!'
21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water flow from a rock for them. He split a rock, and water gushed out.
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 clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
21 They did not (AU)thirst when He led them through the deserts.He (AV)made the water flow out of the rock for them;He split the rock and (AW)the water gushed forth.
21 They did not thirstwhen He led them through the deserts;He made water flow for them from the rock;(X)He split the rock, and water gushed out.
21 They didn't thirst when he led him through the desolate places. He made water gush from a rock for them; he split open the rock, and water gushed out.