48: 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name.
48: 3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
48: 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow copper;
48: 5 therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; 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.
48: 6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? 548I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
548Or, I show thee
48: 7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
48: 8 Yes, thou heardest not; yes, thou knewest not; yes, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
48: 9 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.
48: 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have 549tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
549Or, chosen thee… or, rubbed thee on a touchstone.
48: 11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.
48: 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
48: 13 Yes, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, then they stand up together.
48: 14 Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? 550He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
550Or, Jehovah hath loved him: he shall perform etc.
48: 15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
48: 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
48: 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Ransomer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
48: 18 551Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
551Or, Oh that thou wouldest hearken to my commandments! then would thy peace be as a river,
48: 19 thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like 552the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
552Or, that of the bowels thereof:
48: 20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath ransomed his servant Jacob.
48: 21 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.
48: 22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
