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Isaiah 48

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1Hear 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.

2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

3I 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.

4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

5I 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.

6Thou 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.

7They 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.

8Yea, 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.

9For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11For 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.

12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

13Mine 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.

14All 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.

15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16Come 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.

17Thus 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.

18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

19Thy 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.

20Go 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.

21And 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.

22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • לֹאlôʼH380815× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • שָׁמַעshâmaʻH808511× in this chapter

    to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH5898× in this chapter

    I

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • קָרָאqârâʼH71216× in this chapter

    to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30455× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • נָגַדnâgadH50465× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • שֵׁםshêmH80345× in this chapter

    an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

  • אָזʼâzH2274× in this chapter

    at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

  • יָצָאyâtsâʼH33184× in this chapter

    to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

  • כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20633× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbH32903× in this chapter

    Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

  • אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • מַיִםmayimH43253× in this chapter

    water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

  • מַעַןmaʻanH46163× in this chapter

    properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

  • עַתָּהʻattâhH62583× in this chapter

    at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

  • אַףʼaphH6373× in this chapter

    meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • גָּאַלgâʼalH13502× in this chapter

    to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

  • דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter

    a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter

    lo!

  • כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • כָּרַתkârathH37722× in this chapter

    to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

  • כַּשְׂדִּיKasdîyH37782× in this chapter

    a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people

  • פֵּןpênH64352× in this chapter

    properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest

  • פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter

    the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

  • צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66662× in this chapter

    rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

  • צוּרtsûwrH66972× in this chapter

    properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

  • רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwnH72232× in this chapter

    first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79652× in this chapter

    safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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