Book of Isaiah, Chapter 48
Isaiah 48 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 48 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “1Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the [a]2loins of Judah,
Who 3swear by the name of the LORD
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in 4righteousness. - “For they call themselves after the 5holy city
And 6lean on the God of Israel;
The LORD of hosts is His name. - “I 7declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
8Suddenly I acted, and they 9came to pass. - “Because I know that you are [b]10obstinate,
And your 11neck is an iron sinew
And your 12forehead bronze, - 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 13idol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’ - “You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you 14new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known. - “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.’ - “You have not 15heard, 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]16rebel from [e]birth. - “17For the sake of My name I 18delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off. - “Behold, I have refined you, but 19not as silver;
I have tested you in the 20furnace of affliction. - “21For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My 22glory I will not give to another. - ¶ “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel [f]whom I called;
23I am He, 24I am the first, I am also the last. - “Surely My hand 25founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I 26call to them, they stand together. - “27Assemble, all of you, and listen!
28Who among them has declared these things?
The LORD loves him; he will 29carry out His good pleasure on 30Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans. - “I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have 31called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful. - “32Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have 33not spoken in secret,
34From the time it took place, I was there.
And now 35the Lord [g]GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.” - ¶ Thus says the LORD, your 36Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
¶ “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who 37leads you in the way you should go. - “If only you had 38paid attention to My commandments!
Then your [h]39well-being would have been like a river,
And your 40righteousness like the waves of the sea. - “Your [i]41descendants would have been like the sand,
And [j]your offspring like its grains;
42Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.” - ¶ 43Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of 44joyful shouting, proclaim this,
45Send it out to the end of the earth;
Say, “46The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” - They did not 47thirst when He led them through the deserts.
He 48made the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and 49the water gushed forth. - “50There is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit waters
- ^ Or harsh
- ^ Lit it
- ^ Or transgressor
- ^ Lit the belly
- ^ Lit My called one
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- ^ Or peace
- ^ Lit seed
- ^ Lit the offspring of your inward parts
REFERENCES
- ^ Is 46:12
- ^ Nu 24:7; De 33:28; Ps 68:26
- ^ De 6:13; Is 45:23; 65:16
- ^ Is 58:2; Je 4:2
- ^ Is 52:1; 64:10
- ^ Is 10:20; Je 7:4; 21:2; Mc 3:11; Ro 2:17
- ^ Is 41:22; 42:9; 43:9; 44:7, 8; 45:21; 46:10
- ^ Is 29:5; 30:13
- ^ Jos 21:45; Is 42:9
- ^ Ex 32:9; De 31:27; Eze 2:4; 3:7
- ^ 2Ch 36:13; Pr 29:1; Ac 7:51
- ^ Eze 3:7-9
- ^ Je 44:15-18
- ^ Is 42:9; 43:19
- ^ Is 42:25; 47:11; Ho 7:9
- ^ De 9:7, 24; Ps 58:3; Is 46:8
- ^ Is 48:11
- ^ Ne 9:30, 31; Ps 78:38; 103:8-10; Is 30:18; 65:8
- ^ Je 9:7; Eze 22:18-22
- ^ De 4:20; 1Ki 8:51; Je 11:4
- ^ 1Sa 12:22; Ps 25:11; 106:8; Is 37:35; 43:25; Je 14:7; Eze 20:9, 14, 22, 44; Da 9:17-19
- ^ De 32:26, 27; Is 42:8
- ^ Is 41:4; 43:10-13; 46:4
- ^ Is 44:6; Re 1:17; 22:13
- ^ Ex 20:11; Ps 102:25; Is 42:5; 45:12, 18; Heb 1:10-12
- ^ Is 40:26
- ^ Is 43:9; 45:20
- ^ Is 45:21
- ^ Is 46:10, 11
- ^ Is 13:4, 5, 17-19; Je 50:21-29; 51:24
- ^ Is 41:2; 45:1, 2
- ^ Is 34:1; 41:1; 57:3
- ^ Is 45:19
- ^ Is 43:13
- ^ Zc 2:9, 11
- ^ Is 41:14; 43:14; 49:7, 26; 54:5, 8
- ^ Ps 32:8; Is 30:21; 49:9, 10
- ^ De 5:29; 32:29; Ps 81:13-16
- ^ Ps 119:165; Is 32:16-18; 66:12
- ^ Is 45:8; 61:10, 11; 62:1; Ho 10:12; Am 5:24
- ^ Ge 22:17; Is 10:22; 44:3, 4; 54:3; Je 33:22
- ^ Is 56:5; 66:22
- ^ Je 50:8; 51:6, 45; Zc 2:6, 7; Re 18:4
- ^ Is 42:10; 49:13; 52:9
- ^ Is 62:11; Je 31:10; 50:2
- ^ Is 43:1; 52:9; 63:9
- ^ Is 30:25; 35:6, 7; 41:17, 18; 43:19, 20; 49:10
- ^ Ex 17:6; Ps 78:15, 16
- ^ Ps 78:20; 105:41
- ^ Is 57:21
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