Thematic Bible
Isaiah 48:1 (show verse)
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
Isaiah 48:2 (show verse)
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name):
Isaiah 48:3 (show verse)
I have declared the former things from of old. Yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
Isaiah 48:4 (show verse)
Because I knew that thou are obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
Isaiah 48:5 (show verse)
therefore I have declared it to thee from of old. Before it came to pass I showed it to thee, lest thou should say, My idol has done them. And my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
Isaiah 48:6 (show verse)
Thou have heard it, behold all this, and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shown thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou have not known.
Isaiah 48:7 (show verse)
They are created now, and not from of old. And thou have not heard them before this day, lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.
No Themes for this verse.
Isaiah 48:8 (show verse)
Yea, thou heard not. Yea, thou knew not. Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened. For I knew that thou dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah 48:9 (show verse)
For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will refrain for thee, that I not cut thee off.
Anger of God » Is slow
divine Delays » In inflicting punishment
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
God » Leader » Longsuffering of
Longsuffering » Of God
Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified
delayed Penalty » Sin's penalty sometimes delayed
Punishment » Capital Punishment » Delayed
Sin » Penalty for » Penalty sometimes delayed
Sins » Penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
divine Delays » In inflicting punishment
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
God » Leader » Longsuffering of
Longsuffering » Of God
Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified
delayed Penalty » Sin's penalty sometimes delayed
Punishment » Capital Punishment » Delayed
Sin » Penalty for » Penalty sometimes delayed
Sins » Penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
Isaiah 48:10 (show verse)
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » The refining influence of
Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » The refining influence of
Isaiah 48:11 (show verse)
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it. For how should [my name] be profaned? And I not will give my glory to another.
No Themes for this verse.
Isaiah 48:12 (show verse)
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I also am the last.
Isaiah 48:13 (show verse)
Yea, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand up together.
Isaiah 48:14 (show verse)
Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear: Who among them has declared these things? He whom LORD loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm, the Chaldeans.
Isaiah 48:15 (show verse)
I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him. I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Isaiah 48:16 (show verse)
Come ye near to me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From the time that it was, there I am. And now lord LORD and his Spirit has sent me.
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, the first and the last
God » Mercy of » Messengers of
the personality of Holy Spirit » He appoints and commissions ministers
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah the first and the last
Leaders » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
Men of God » Leaders » Sent as divine messengers
Prophets » Examples of » Sent by God as divine messengers
Religious » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
God » Mercy of » Messengers of
the personality of Holy Spirit » He appoints and commissions ministers
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah the first and the last
Leaders » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
Men of God » Leaders » Sent as divine messengers
Prophets » Examples of » Sent by God as divine messengers
Religious » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
Isaiah 48:17 (show verse)
Thus says LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am LORD thy God, who teaches thee to profit, who leads thee by the way that thou should go.
Isaiah 48:18 (show verse)
Oh that thou had hearkened to my commandments! Then thy peace would have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 48:19 (show verse)
Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains of it. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
No Themes for this verse.
Isaiah 48:20 (show verse)
Go ye forth from 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, LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.
Isaiah 48:21 (show verse)
And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
No Themes for this verse.
Isaiah 48:22 (show verse)
There is no peace, says LORD, to the wicked.