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48:1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the LORD And invoke the God of Israel, [But] not in truth nor in righteousness. 48:2 "For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name. 48:3 "I declared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. 48:4 "Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew, And your forehead bronze, 48:5 Therefore I declared [them] to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed [them] to you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.' 48:6 "You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known. 48:7 "They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, Lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.' 48:8 "You have not heard, 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 rebel from birth. 48:9 "For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And [for] My praise I restrain [it] for you, In order not to cut you off. 48:10 "Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 48:11 "For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can [My name] be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another. 48:12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last. 48:13 "Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together. 48:14 "Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall carry out His good pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [shall be against] the Chaldeans. 48:15 "I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful. 48:16 "Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit." 48:17 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. 48:18 "If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 48:19 "Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence." 48:20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob." 48:21 And they did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock, and the water gushed forth. 48:22 "There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.