Isaiah 48:1-11 ▼

1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, || Who are called by the name of Israel, || And from the waters of Judah came out, || Who are swearing by the Name of YHWH, || And make mention of the God of Israel, || Not in truth nor in righteousness.

2 For they have been called from the Holy City, || And been supported on the God of Israel, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.

3 I declared the former things from that time, || And they have gone forth from My mouth, || And I proclaim them, || Suddenly I have done, and it comes.

4 From My knowing that you are obstinate, || And your neck—a sinew of iron, || And your forehead—bronze,

5 And from that time I declare [it] to you, || Before it comes I have caused you to hear, || Lest you say, My idol has done them, || And my carved image, || And my molten image commanded them.

6 You have heard, see the whole of it, || And you, do you not declare? I have caused you to hear new things from this time, || And things reserved that you did not know.

7 Now they have been produced and not from that time, || Indeed, before the day, and you have not heard them, || Lest you say, Behold, I have known them.

8 Indeed, you have not heard, || Indeed, you have not known, || Indeed, your ear has not opened from that time, || For I have known you deal treacherously, || And [are] a transgressor from the belly, || One is crying to you.

9 I defer My anger for My Name’s sake, || And [for] My praise I restrain for you, || So as not to cut you off.

10 Behold, I have refined you, and not with silver, || I have chosen you in a furnace of affliction.

11 For My sake, for My own sake, I do [it], || For how is it defiled? And I do not give My glory to another.