Isaiah 48 BSB ISV Parallel

◄ Isaiah 48 ►

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1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke 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.

2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

2For they name themselves after the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel— the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

3I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

3I foretold the former things long ago; it went forth from my mouth, and I disclosed them; Suddenly, I acted, and they came to pass.

4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,

5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

5I 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.'

6You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

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.

7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’

7They are created now, and not long ago; you didn't hear them before today, so you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew them.'

8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

8And 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.

9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

9I 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.

10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

10Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.

11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

11For 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."

12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

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.

13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

13Moreover, 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.

14Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

14Let 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.

15I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

15I—Yes, I!—have spoken; indeed, I've called and I've brought him, and he will make his path successful.

16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

16Draw 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.

17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs 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.

18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

18Now 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.

19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

19Your 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.

20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant 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!'

21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

21They 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.

22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

22"But there is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

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