Isaiah 48 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Israel's Obstinacy

Isa 48:1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

Isa 48:2

Isa 48:2(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

Isa 48:3

Isa 48:3I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

Isa 48:4

Isa 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Isa 48:5

Isa 48:5therefore 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.

Isa 48:6

Isa 48:6Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

Isa 48:7

Isa 48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Isa 48:8

Isa 48:8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, 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.

Isa 48:9

Isa 48:9For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Isa 48:10

Isa 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Isa 48:11

Isa 48:11For 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.

Deliverance Promised

Isa 48:12

Isa 48:12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Isa 48:13

Isa 48:13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

Isa 48:14

Isa 48:14Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Isa 48:15

Isa 48:15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Isa 48:16

Isa 48:16Come 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.

Isa 48:17

Isa 48:17Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, 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.

Isa 48:18

Isa 48:18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Isa 48:19

Isa 48:19thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Isa 48:20

Isa 48:20Go 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 redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isa 48:21

Isa 48:21And 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.

Isa 48:22

Isa 48:22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Isaiah 48 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Israel's Obstinacy

Deliverance Promised

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