I told you long ago
Listen to this, house of Jacob — you who are called by the name of Israel and come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and speak of the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness. Because they call themselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel — the LORD Almighty is his name. I told you the former things a long time ago. They went out of my mouth and I made them known. I did it suddenly, and they happened. Because I knew you'd be stubborn, that your neck was an iron sinew and your forehead bronze. So I told you a long time ago. Before it happened I let you hear it, so you couldn't say, My idol did it, my carved image and my cast image gave the order. You've heard it. Look at the whole of it. And won't you tell it? I've let you hear new things from now on, hidden things you didn't know. They are created now, and not from the beginning — before the day when you heard nothing of them — so that you cannot say, ‘I knew them.’ You hadn't heard, you didn't know, and your ear hadn't been opened long ago. Because I knew you'd deal treacherously. You've been called a rebel from the womb. For my name's sake I'll hold back my anger. For my praise I'll hold it in from you, so I don't cut you off. Look: I've refined you, though not like silver. I've tested you in the furnace of suffering. For my own sake, for my own sake, I'll do it. Because how should my name be treated as common? I won't give my glory to anyone else.
Listen to this, house of Jacob — you who are called by the name of Israel and come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord and speak of the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness. Because they call themselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel — the Lord Almighty is his name. I told you the first things a long time ago. They went out of my mouth and I made them known. I did it suddenly, and they happened. Because I knew you'd be stubborn, that your neck was an iron sinew and your forehead brass. So I told you a long time ago. Before it happened I let you hear it, so you couldn't say, My idol did it, my carved image and my cast image gave the order. You've heard it. Look at the whole of it. And won't you tell it? I've let you hear new things from now on, hidden things you didn't know. They're created now, not long ago. Before today you hadn't heard them, so you can't say, Look, I knew all about it. You hadn't heard, you didn't know, and your ear hadn't been opened long ago. Because I knew you'd deal treacherously. You've been called a rebel from the womb. For my name's sake I'll hold back my anger. For my praise I'll hold it in from you, so I don't cut you off. Look — I've refined you, though not like silver. I've tested you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I'll do it. Because how should my name be treated as common? I won't give my glory to anyone else.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Listen to this, house of Jacob — you who are called by the name of Israel and come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and speak of the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.
Listen to this, house of Jacob — you who are called by the name of Israel and come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord and speak of the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Because they call themselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel — the LORD Almighty is his name.
Because they call themselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel — the Lord Almighty is his name.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
I told you the former things a long time ago. They went out of my mouth and I made them known. I did it suddenly, and they happened.
I told you the first things a long time ago. They went out of my mouth and I made them known. I did it suddenly, and they happened.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Because I knew you'd be stubborn, that your neck was an iron sinew and your forehead bronze.
Because I knew you'd be stubborn, that your neck was an iron sinew and your forehead brass.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
So I told you a long time ago. Before it happened I let you hear it, so you couldn't say, My idol did it, my carved image and my cast image gave the order.
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
You've heard it. Look at the whole of it. And won't you tell it? I've let you hear new things from now on, hidden things you didn't know.
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
They are created now, and not from the beginning — before the day when you heard nothing of them — so that you cannot say, ‘I knew them.’
They're created now, not long ago. Before today you hadn't heard them, so you can't say, Look, I knew all about it.
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
You hadn't heard, you didn't know, and your ear hadn't been opened long ago. Because I knew you'd deal treacherously. You've been called a rebel from the womb.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
For my name's sake I'll hold back my anger. For my praise I'll hold it in from you, so I don't cut you off.
For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Look: I've refined you, though not like silver. I've tested you in the furnace of suffering.
Look — I've refined you, though not like silver. I've tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I'll do it. Because how should my name be treated as common? I won't give my glory to anyone else.
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
If only you'd listened
Listen to me, Jacob — Israel, whom I've called. I am he. I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundation of the earth and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call to them and they stand up together. Gather together, all of you, and listen. Which of them announced these things? The LORD has loved him, and he'll do what the LORD wants against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. I, I have spoken. Yes, I've called him. I've brought him and he'll make his way go well. Come near to me and listen to this. From the start I haven't spoken in secret. From the time it happened, I was there. And now the LORD GOD has sent me, and his Spirit. This is what the LORD says, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit and leads you in the way you should go.’ ‘If only you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.’ Your offspring would have been like the sand, and the children of your body like the grains of it. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or wiped out before me. Go out from Babylon; flee from the Chaldeans. Declare it with a voice of singing, tell it, send it out to the end of the earth. Say, ‘The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.’ They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water run out of the rock for them. He split the rock and the water gushed out. ‘There is no peace,’ says the LORD, ‘for the wicked.’
Listen to me, Jacob — Israel, whom I've called. I am he. I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundation of the earth and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call to them and they stand up together. Gather together, the lot of you, and listen. Which of them announced these things? The Lord has loved him, and he'll do what the Lord wants against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. I, I have spoken. Yes, I've called him. I've brought him and he'll make his way go well. Come near to me and listen to this. From the start I haven't spoken in secret. From the time it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit. This is what the Lord says, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I'm the Lord your God, the one who teaches you what's good for you, who leads you in the way you should go. If only you'd paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have run like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Your offspring would have been like the sand, and the children of your body like the grains of it. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or wiped out in front of me. Get out of Babylon. Run from the Chaldeans. Tell it with a shout of singing. Send it out to the end of the earth. Say: The Lord has bought back his servant Jacob. They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water run out of the rock for them. He split the rock and the water gushed out. There's no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. Go ye forth of 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, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. And 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. There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Listen to me, Jacob — Israel, whom I've called. I am he. I am the first and I am the last.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
My own hand laid the foundation of the earth and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call to them and they stand up together.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Gather together, all of you, and listen. Which of them announced these things? The LORD has loved him, and he'll do what the LORD wants against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
Gather together, the lot of you, and listen. Which of them announced these things? The Lord has loved him, and he'll do what the Lord wants against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
I, I have spoken. Yes, I've called him. I've brought him and he'll make his way go well.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Come near to me and listen to this. From the start I haven't spoken in secret. From the time it happened, I was there. And now the LORD GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.
Come near to me and listen to this. From the start I haven't spoken in secret. From the time it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
This is what the LORD says, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit and leads you in the way you should go.’
This is what the Lord says, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I'm the Lord your God, the one who teaches you what's good for you, who leads you in the way you should go.
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
‘If only you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.’
If only you'd paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have run like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Your offspring would have been like the sand, and the children of your body like the grains of it. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or wiped out before me.
Your offspring would have been like the sand, and the children of your body like the grains of it. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or wiped out in front of me.
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Go out from Babylon; flee from the Chaldeans. Declare it with a voice of singing, tell it, send it out to the end of the earth. Say, ‘The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.’
Get out of Babylon. Run from the Chaldeans. Tell it with a shout of singing. Send it out to the end of the earth. Say: The Lord has bought back his servant Jacob.
Go ye forth of 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, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water run out of the rock for them. He split the rock and the water gushed out.
And 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.
‘There is no peace,’ says the LORD, ‘for the wicked.’
There's no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked.
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.