> [[isaiah-47|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-49|Next →]] --- # Isaiah, Chapter 48 ## Chapter 48 ### Exhortations to the Exiles 1 Hear this, house of Jacob ^isaiah-48-1 called by the name Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity, without justice, 2 Though you are named after the holy city ^isaiah-48-2 and rely on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of hosts. 3 Things of the past I declared long ago, ^isaiah-48-3 they went forth from my mouth, I announced them; then suddenly I took action and they came to be. 4 Because I know that you are stubborn ^isaiah-48-4 and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead bronze, 5 I declared them to you of old; ^isaiah-48-5 before they took place I informed you, That you might not say, “My idol did them, my statue, my molten image commanded them.” 6 Now that you have heard, look at all this; ^isaiah-48-6 must you not admit it? From now on I announce new things to you, hidden events you never knew. 7 Now, not from of old, they are created, ^isaiah-48-7 before today you did not hear of them, so that you cannot claim, “I have known them.” 8 You never heard, you never knew, ^isaiah-48-8 they never reached your ears beforehand. Yes, I know you are utterly treacherous, a rebel you were named from the womb. 9 For the sake of my name I restrain my anger, ^isaiah-48-9 for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you, lest I destroy you. 10 See, I refined you, but not like silver; ^isaiah-48-10 I tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For my sake, for my own sake, I do this; ^isaiah-48-11 why should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. 12 Listen to me, Jacob, ^isaiah-48-12 Israel, whom I called! I, it is I who am the first, and am I the last. 13 Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; ^isaiah-48-13 my right hand spread out the heavens. When I summon them, they stand forth at once. 14 All of you assemble and listen: ^isaiah-48-14 Who among you declared these things? The one the LORD loves shall do his will against Babylon and the offspring of Chaldea. 15 I myself have spoken, I have summoned him, ^isaiah-48-15 I have brought him, and his way succeeds! 16 Come near to me and hear this! ^isaiah-48-16 From the beginning I did not speak in secret; At the time it happens, I am there: “Now the Lord G OD has sent me, and his spirit.” 17 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, ^isaiah-48-17 the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD, your God, teaching you how to prevail, leading you on the way you should go. 18 If only you would attend to my commandments, ^isaiah-48-18 your peace would be like a river, your vindication like the waves of the sea, 19 Your descendants like the sand, ^isaiah-48-19 the offspring of your loins like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence. 20 Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea! ^isaiah-48-20 With shouts of joy declare this, announce it; Make it known to the ends of the earth, Say: “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 They did not thirst ^isaiah-48-21 when he led them through dry lands; Water from the rock he set flowing for them; he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.” 22 There is no peace for the wicked, ^isaiah-48-22 says the LORD. \* (48:14) The one the LORD loves: the reference is no doubt to Cyrus, who does the Lord’s will by overcoming Babylon and releasing Israel from captivity. \* (48:16) “Now the Lord…spirit”: said by Cyrus; cf. v. [14]. \* (48:22) No peace: while the good news proclaimed by the prophet is directed to the people as a whole, “peace,” which can represent the fullness of God’s blessings and which would here include deliverance from exile, is not extended to all regardless of disposition. a. (48:6) [Is 42:9]. b. (48:8) [Is 43:22] – [24]. c. (48:10) [Is 1:25]; [Jer 6:29] – [30]; [Zec 13:9]; [Mal 3:2]. d. (48:12) [Is 41:4]; [44:6]; [48:12]; ([[revelation-01|Rv 1]]:8], [17]. e. (48:13) [Is 40:22], [26]; [45:12], [18]. f. (48:21) ([[exodus-17|Ex 17]]:6]; [Nm 20:11]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[isaiah-47|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-49|Next →]]