Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel; And who came out from 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.

For they call themselves after the holy city And lean upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is His name.

I have declared the former things from the beginning; And they went out from My mouth, and I let them hear them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

Because I knew that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew, And your forehead brass;

Therefore I declared them to you long ago; Before things came to pass I let you hear; Lest you should say, My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image commanded them.

You have heard; look at all this. And will you not declare it? >From this time I will let you hear new things And hidden things which you have not known.

They have been created now, and not long ago; And before this day you have not even heard them; Lest you should say, Indeed, I knew them.

You also have not heard and have not known; Your ears were not even open from that time; For I knew that you would deal very treacherously And would be called a transgressor from the womb.

For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And for the sake of My praise I will restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.

Indeed, I have refined you but not like silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

For My own sake, yes, for My own sake, I will do it, For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, whom I called; I am He; I am the First, I am also the Last.

Indeed, My hand laid the foundations of the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, They stand together.

Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? Jehovah loves him; he will do His pleasure On Babylon, and His arm will be upon the Chaldeans.

I, even I, have spoken; indeed, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way will prosper.

Draw near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord Jehovah Has sent me and His Spirit.

Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah your God, Who teaches you to do that which is profitable, Who leads you in the way that you should go.

If only you had hearkened to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea,

And your seed would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your bowels like the gravel; His name would not have been cut off Or destroyed before Me.

Come out from Babylon; Flee from the Chaldeans; With a voice of shouting declare; Let them hear this, Send it out unto the end of the earth; Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob.

And they did not thirst When He led them through the dry places; He caused water to flow From the rock for them; And He split the rock, And the waters gushed out.

There is no peace, says Jehovah, for the wicked.