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Isaiah 48 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1 - Hear these words, ye house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention of it, but not with truth, nor with righteousness;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 - maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:3 - and they have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and the events came to pass.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - And I told thee [fn]of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - Ye have heard all this, but ye have not known: yet I have made [fn]known to thee the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and thou saidst not,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:8 - Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Behold, I have sold thee, but not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:11 - For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:12 - Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I [fn]endure for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 - My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:15 - I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, even the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 - Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:22 - There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.
BES Footnotes
Alex. the ancient things before they came.
Or, audible.
Gr. am.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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