Thematic Bible
Isaiah 48:1 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:2 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:3 (show verse)
Jehovah says to Israel: Long ago I predicted what would take place. Then suddenly I made it happen.
Isaiah 48:4 (show verse)
I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper.
Isaiah 48:5 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:6 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:7 (show verse)
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.
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Isaiah 48:8 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:9 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:10 (show verse)
I have been testing you for myself like silver. I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Isaiah 48:11 (show verse)
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.
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Isaiah 48:12 (show verse)
Listen to me Jacob and Israel, my loved one. I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Isaiah 48:13 (show verse)
My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.
Isaiah 48:14 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:15 (show verse)
I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here and he will succeed.
Isaiah 48:16 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:17 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:18 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:19 (show verse)
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.
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Isaiah 48:20 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 48:21 (show verse)
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.
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Isaiah 48:22 (show verse)
There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.