Isaiah 48
Israel's
Unfaithfulness Rebuked |
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Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are
called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters
of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD,
and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor
in righteousness.
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For they call themselves of the holy
city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: The LORD of hosts is his name.
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I have declared the former things from
the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed
them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow
brass;
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I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I showed it thee:
lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them; and my graven
image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
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Thou hast heard, see all this; and will
not ye declare it? I have showed thee new things from this
time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
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They are created now, and not from the
beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest
thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
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Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest
not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I
knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a
transgressor from the womb.
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For my name's sake will I defer mine
anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee
not off.
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with
silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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For mine own sake, even for mine
own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be
polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my
called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the
last. Is. 44.6 · Rev. 1.17 ; 22.13
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Mine hand also hath laid the foundation
of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
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All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear;
which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chalde'ans.
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I, even I, have spoken; yea, I
have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way
prosperous.
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Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I
have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it
was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD,
and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee
to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest
go.
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O that thou hadst hearkened to my
commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy
righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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thy seed also had been as the sand, and
the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should
not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
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Go ye forth of Babylon, Rev. 18.4 flee ye from the Chalde'ans, with a voice of singing declare
ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye,
The LORD hath redeemed his servant
Jacob.
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And they thirsted not when he led
them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the
rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed
out.
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There is no peace, saith the
LORD, unto the wicked. Is. 57.21
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