Isaiah · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Isaiah 48 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 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.
1 “Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—
2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
2 for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name.
3 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.
3 I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4 Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
5 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.
5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
6 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.
6 You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
7 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.
7 They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 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.
8 Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
9 ¶ 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.
9 For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 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.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
12 ¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.
12 “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
13 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.
13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
14 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.
14 “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
15 I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 ¶ 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.
16 “Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me with his Spirit.
17 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.
17 Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
18 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:
18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 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.
19 Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”
20 ¶ 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.
20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of joyful shouting announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 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.
21 They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
22 “There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 4:2; Psalm 68:26; Isaiah 1:10–14; Jeremiah 5:2; Isaiah 65:16
- 2 Micah 3:11; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 52:1; Romans 2:17; Jeremiah 21:2
- 3 Isaiah 42:9; Joshua 21:45; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 44:7–8
- 4 Acts 7:51; Exodus 32:9; Zechariah 7:11–12; Proverbs 29:1; Ezekiel 3:4–9
- 5 Isaiah 48:3; Luke 1:70; Acts 15:18; Jeremiah 44:15–18; Isaiah 46:10
- 6 Revelation 4:1; Isaiah 42:9; Romans 16:25–26; Isaiah 43:19; John 15:15
- 8 Psalm 58:3; Hosea 5:7; John 12:39–40; Malachi 2:11; Jeremiah 6:10
- 9 Psalm 79:9; Psalm 78:38; Isaiah 37:35; Psalm 143:11; Psalm 106:8
- 10 1 Peter 4:12; Proverbs 17:3; Job 23:10; Hebrews 12:10–11; Psalm 66:10
- 11 Isaiah 42:8; Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 20:14; Isaiah 37:35; 1 Samuel 12:22
- 12 Isaiah 41:4; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13; Revelation 17:14; Romans 8:28
- 13 Psalm 102:25; Hebrews 1:10–12; Exodus 20:11; Isaiah 45:18; Isaiah 40:26
- 14 Isaiah 43:9; Jeremiah 50:21–29; Isaiah 13:17–18; Jeremiah 51:20–24; Isaiah 13:4–5
- 15 Joshua 1:8; Isaiah 45:1–2; Psalm 45:4; Ezekiel 1:2
- 16 John 18:20; John 20:21–22; Isaiah 61:1–3; Isaiah 45:19; John 3:34
- 17 Psalm 32:8; Psalm 25:12; Job 22:21–22; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Isaiah 30:20
- 18 Deuteronomy 5:29; Isaiah 66:12; Psalm 119:165; Psalm 81:13–16; Deuteronomy 32:29
- 19 Isaiah 10:22; Genesis 22:17; Jeremiah 33:22; Hosea 1:10; Romans 9:27
- 20 Jeremiah 51:45; Isaiah 52:9; Jeremiah 50:8; Revelation 18:4; Jeremiah 51:6
- 21 Isaiah 43:19–20; Psalm 105:41; Isaiah 41:17–18; Exodus 17:6; Psalm 78:20
- 22 Isaiah 57:21; Job 15:20–24; Luke 19:42; Romans 3:17
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And now the Lord God and His Spirit hath sent me." It was Himself who was speaking as the Lord God; and yet we should not have understood that it was Jesus Christ had He not added, "And now the Lord God and His Spirit hath sent me." For He said this with reference to the form of a servant, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And Isaiah, "The Lord God and His Spirit hath sent me," and "the Spirit came down from the Lord and guided them." And pray do not again understand by this guidance some humble service, for the Word witnesses that it was the work of God;--"Thou leddest thy people," it is said "like a flock," and "Thou that leadest Joseph like …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For through the union in subsistence the flesh is said to be deified and to become God and to be equally God with the Word; and God the Word is said to be made flesh, and to become man, and is called creature and last: not in the sense that the two natures are converted into one compound nature …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
"For I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me; for He will speak peace unto His people." But "There is no peace," saith the Lord, "to the wicked." "I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; because it is Thou that madest me." Was this the reason that thou openedst not thy mouth, "because God made thee"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For men are elated by these things, and mad with a kind of joy: but "there is no joy, saith the Lord, unto the wicked." There is a sort of joyfulness which the ear of man hath not heard, nor his eye seen, nor hath it entered into his heart to conceive.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)