2 GLT For from the holy city they have been called, and in the God of Israel they have leaned. Yahweh of hosts{ is} his name. BSB BSB: who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
3 GLT The first things of old I have declared; and from my mouth they came out, and I made them known; instantly I did{ them}, and they came to pass. BSB BSB: I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 GLT Because I knew that you{ were} hard and your neck muscles iron and your forehead bronze, BSB BSB: For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
5 GLT so I declared to you beforehand; before they happened I informed you lest you say,‘My idol has done them,’ or‘My carved figure and my cast figure have ordained them.’ BSB BSB: Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
6 GLT You have heard! Look{ at} its whole; and you, will you not declare?“I announced{ to} you new{ things} from now, and hidden things that you did not know. BSB BSB: You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
7 GLT Now they were created, and not of old and before the face of today, and you have not heard, lest you should say,‘Behold, I knew!’ BSB BSB: They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
8 GLT You have not even heard, you did not even know; from ancient days your ear was not even open, For I knew you have been very deceitful, and you were called a rebel from the womb. BSB BSB: You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
9 GLT For the sake of my name I shall lengthen my nose and{ for} my praise I shall hold back for you, to not cut you off. BSB BSB: For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
10 GLT Behold, I refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction. BSB BSB: See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 GLT For my sake, for my sake I shall act; for how could{ I} be profaned? And my glory I shall not give to another. BSB BSB: For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
12 GLT “Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I called: I{ am} he, the first, I also{ am} the last. BSB BSB: Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
13 GLT Yes, my hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; I call to them; they stand up together.” BSB BSB: Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
14 GLT Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has announced these{ things}? Yahweh loves him, he will accomplish his desire against Babylon and his arm{ against} the Chaldeans. BSB BSB: Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 GLT “I, I have spoken, yes, I have summoned him, I have brought him, and his way will succeed.” BSB BSB: I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
16 GLT Draw near to me, hear this:“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time of its happening, there I{ am}.” And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit. BSB BSB: Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
17 GLT Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,“I{ am} Yahweh your God, who teaches you to succeed, leads you by the way you should go. BSB BSB: Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
18 GLT If only you had listened closely to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your salvation like the waves of the sea. BSB BSB: If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
19 GLT And your seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your womb as its grains; their name would not have been cut off and would not have been blotted out from before my face.” BSB BSB: Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
20 GLT Go out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of glad song announce it! Make this known, bring it to the end of the earth! Say,“Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.” BSB BSB: Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
21 GLT And they did not thirst{ when} he led them through the desolate places; he made the water flow out of the rock for them; and he split open the rock, and the waters gushed out. BSB BSB: They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
22 GLT “{ There is} no peace for the wicked,”— says Yahweh. BSB BSB: “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
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