1 Hear ye these things o house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Juda, which swear in the name of our Lord, and are mindful of the God of Israel not in truth, nor in justice.
1 Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.
2 For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.
2 For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.
3 The former things of old I have declared, & they proceeded out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: Suddenly I have wrought, and they came.
3 The former things of old, I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.
4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass.
4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
5 Iforetold thee of old: before they came I told thee, lest perhaps thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, & my sculptiles & moltens have commanded these things.
5 I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
6 See all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have made thee know new things of old, and the things are kept which thou knowest not:
6 See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shown thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:
7 now they are created, and not of old: and before the day, and thou heardest them not, lest perhaps thou mightest say: Behold I knew them.
7 They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
8 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thine ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
8 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
9 For my name's sake I will make my fury far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, that thou perish not.
9 For my name’s sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
10 Behold I have fined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
10 Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
11 For myself, for myself will I do it, that I be not blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: ¹and I will not give my glory to another.
12 Hear me, o Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I the same, I the first, & I the last.
12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: ²I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, & they shall stand together.
13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.
14 Assemble ye together all you, & hear: which of them hath shewed these things? The Lord hath loved him, he will do his will in Babylon, and his arm in the Chaldees.
14 Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I have spoken, and called him: I have brought him, and his way is directed.
15 I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.
16 Come ye to me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning, from the time before it was done I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
16 Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
17 Thus saith our Lord thy Redeemer, the holy one of Israel: I the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.
17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.
18 I would thou hadst attended to my commandments: thy peace had been as a flood, and thy justice as the waves of the sea.
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,
19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the stock of thy womb as the gravel stones thereof: his name had not perished, neither had it been destroyed from before my face.
19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.
20 Come forth out of Babylon, fly from the Chaldees, shew it forth in the voice of exultation: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: Our Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
20 ³Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he brought them forth: water out of the rock he brought forth to them, and he clove the rocks, and there flowed waters.
21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace to the impious, saith our Lord.
22 ⁵There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.