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.

<>house, <>the waters, <>which swear by the name of the LORD, 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.

<>they call themselves of the holy city, <>the holy city, <>stay themselves upon the God of Israel

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.

<>they came to pass

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

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.

<>I have even from the beginning declared it to thee, <>idol, <>image … image

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.

<>I have shewed thee new things from this time

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.

<>They are created now, and not from the beginning

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.

<>thine ear was not opened, <>thou … wast called a transgressor from the womb, <>wouldest deal very treacherously

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.

<>I defer mine anger, <>mine anger

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

<>I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction., <>I have chosen thee

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.

<>how should my name be polluted?, <>I will not give my glory unto another.

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

<>I am the first, I also am 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.

<>laid the foundation, <>foundation

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.

<>assemble yourselves, <>hear, <>his arm

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

<>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.

<>Come ye near unto me, <>I have not spoken in secret, <>from the time that it was, there am I

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.

<>the LORD, thy Redeemer, <>the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, <>by the way, <>the way that thou shouldest 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:

<>O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!, <>peace

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.

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.

<>Go ye forth of Babylon, <>flee ye from the Chaldeans, <>his servant

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.

<>thirsted … he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out, <>he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out

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

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