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Isaiah 48

Israel's Obstinacy

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aHear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the  1 bloins of Judah, Who  cswear by the name of the LORD And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in  drighteousness.

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"For they call themselves after the  aholy city And  blean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.

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"I  adeclared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them.  bSuddenly I acted, and they  ccame to pass.

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"Because I know that you are  1 aobstinate, And your  bneck is an iron sinew And your  cforehead bronze,

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Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before  1they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, `My  aidol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.'

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"You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you  anew things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known.

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"They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, `Behold, I knew them.'

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"You have not  aheard, 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  1 brebel from  2birth.

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aFor the sake of My name I  bdelay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.

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"Behold, I have refined you, but  anot as silver; I have tested you in the  bfurnace of affliction.

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aFor My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My  bglory I will not give to another.

Deliverance Promised

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"Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel  1whom I called;  aI am He,  bI am the first, I am also the last.

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"Surely My hand  afounded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I  bcall to them, they stand together.

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aAssemble, all of you, and listen!  bWho among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he will  ccarry out His good pleasure on  dBabylon, And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

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"I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have  acalled him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.

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aCome near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have  bnot spoken in secret,  cFrom the time it took place, I was there. And now  dthe Lord  1GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit."

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Thus says the LORD, your  aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who  bleads you in the way you should go.

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"If only you had  apaid attention to My commandments! Then your  1 bwell-being would have been like a river, And your  crighteousness like the waves of the sea.

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"Your  1 adescendants would have been like the sand, And  2your offspring like its grains;  bTheir name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence."

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 aGo forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of  bjoyful shouting, proclaim this,  cSend it out to the end of the earth; Say, " dThe LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob."

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They did not  athirst when He led them through the deserts. He  bmade the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and  cthe water gushed forth.

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aThere is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD.



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