Isaiah 48 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Listen to this, descendants of Jacob! You are given the name of Israel. You are descended from Judah. You take oaths by the name of the LORD. You acknowledge the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere. Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right. “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—
2 You call yourselves [citizens] of the holy city. You depend on the God of Israel. His name is the LORD of Armies. For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name. you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the LORD Almighty is his name:
3 From the beginning I revealed to you what would happen. These words came out of my mouth, and I made them known. Suddenly, I acted, and they happened. “The former things I declared of old; they went out from my mouth, and I announced them; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull. Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass, For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
5 That is why I revealed to you what would happen long ago. I told you about them before they happened. [I did this] so you couldn't say, |My gods have done these things. My carved idols and my metal idols have commanded them to happen.| I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’ Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You've heard these words. Now look at all this. Won't you admit it? From now on I will reveal to you new things, hidden things that you do not know. “You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known. You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created now, not in the past. You haven't heard about them before today, so you can't say that you already knew about them. They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’ They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of 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've acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born. You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and that from before birth you were called a rebel. You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.
9 For my name's sake I'll be patient. For my glory's sake I'll hold my anger back from you, rather than destroy you. “For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.
10 I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 I am doing this for myself, only for myself. Why should my name be dishonored? I will not give my glory to anyone else. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
12 Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called. I am the one. I am the first and the last. “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last. “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am 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. My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together. My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
14 Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? The LORD loves Cyrus. He will carry out the LORD's plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians. “Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans. “Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.
15 I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here, and he will succeed. I, even I, have spoken and called him; I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way. I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission.
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 Almighty LORD has sent me and his Spirit. Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit. “Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.
17 This is what the LORD, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the LORD your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go. Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
18 If only you had listened to my commands! Your peace would be like a river [that never runs dry]. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea. Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea; If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being 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. your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.” Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Leave 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 that the LORD has reclaimed his servant Jacob. Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!” Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
21 They weren't 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. They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and the water gushed out. They 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.
22 |There is no peace for the wicked,| says the LORD. “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.” “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
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