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Israel's
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| Isaiah 48:1 |
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"Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named
Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the
LORD And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness. |
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| Isaiah 48:2 |
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"For they call themselves after the holy city
And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name. |
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| Isaiah 48:3 |
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"I declared the former things long ago And they
went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came
to pass. |
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| Isaiah 48:4 |
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"Because I know that you are obstinate, And
your neck is an iron sinew And your forehead bronze, |
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| Isaiah 48:5 |
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Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before
they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, 'My idol
has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.' |
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| Isaiah 48:6 |
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"You have heard; look at all this. And you,
will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, Even hidden
things which you have not known. |
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| Isaiah 48:7 |
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"They are created now and not long ago; And
before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, 'Behold, I knew
them.' |
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| Isaiah 48:8 |
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"You have not heard, you have not known. Even
from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very
treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. |
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| Isaiah 48:9 |
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"For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And
for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off. |
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| Isaiah 48:10 |
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"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. |
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| Isaiah 48:11 |
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"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another. |
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Deliverance Promised |
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| Isaiah 48:12 |
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"Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last. |
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| Isaiah 48:13 |
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"Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right
hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together. |
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| Isaiah 48:14 |
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"Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among
them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good
pleasure on Babylon, And His arm will be against the Chaldeans. |
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| Isaiah 48:15 |
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"I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called
him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful. |
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| Isaiah 48:16 |
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"Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first
I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now
the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit." |
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| Isaiah 48:17 |
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Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy
One of Israel, "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you
in the way you should go. |
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| Isaiah 48:18 |
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"If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like
the waves of the sea. |
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| Isaiah 48:19 |
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"Your descendants would have been like the sand,
And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed
from My presence." |
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| Isaiah 48:20 |
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Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end
of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob." |
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| Isaiah 48:21 |
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They did not thirst when He led them through
the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock
and the water gushed forth. |
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| Isaiah 48:22 |
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"There is no peace for the wicked," says the
LORD. |
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