Isaiah 48:1-22 God Tells Them What's Ahead, so They Don't Give Credit to their False gods

God Tells Them What's Ahead, so They Don't Give Credit to their False gods

Isaiah 48:1-22                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Hear this, O house of Jacob, [who] are called by the name of Israel, & [have] come [forward] out of the waters of Judah. [Who] swear by the Name of the Lord, & mention the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. [Jeremiah 5:2-3 And [although] they say the Lord [Lives,] surely they swear falsely. O Lord, aren't Your eyes upon the Truth? You [have struck] them, but they [haven't] grieved. You [have] consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock, & they have refused to return.]

For they [lean] themselves upon the God of Israel, the Lord of Hosts is His Name, & [refer to] themselves [as being from] the holy city. From the [very] beginning, I have declared the [previous] things. [These Words] went out of My mouth, & I [declared] them, & I did them [immediately,] & they [happened.]

Because I knew that you [are stubborn,] & your neck is [stiff & has] iron [muscles,] & your [forehead] brass. [Deuteronomy 9:13 Furthermore, the Lord [spoke] to me, saying, I have seen this people, & [saw,] it is a stiff-necked, [a.k.a. stubborn,] people.]

I have declared it to you, even from the beginning, & before it [happened,] & I [proclaimed] it [to] you, lest you [should] say, [My] idol, & my [carved] image, & my [molded] image, [have] commanded them, & done them. You see all this, & [have] heard, & won't you declare it?

I have [proclaimed] new things from this time, [to] you, even hidden things, [that] you [didn't] know them. They are created now, even before the day when you [hadn't] heard [of] them, & not from the beginning, lest you [should] say, [Look,] I [already] knew [about] them. [Yes,] you [still hadn’t] [heard,] & you [didn't know] [about them.]

[For] I knew that you [would behave] very treacherously, & [were] called a transgressor, [a.k.a. sinner,] from that time that your [ears were] not opened, from [within] the womb. For My Name's sake, & My praise, I will defer, [a.k.a. put off, My] anger, & will [hold back] for you, [so] that I [don't] cut you off.

[See,] I have refined you, but not with silver. I have chosen you [from] the furnace of affliction, [a.k.a. oppression.]  [Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord [has] taken you, & brought you [forward] out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be a people of inheritance, [for] Him, as you are this day.]

For [My] own sake, I will do it: even for [My] own sake. For how should My Name be polluted, [a.k.a. defiled?] And I won't give My glory to another. [Pay attention] to Me, O Jacob, & Israel, My called, [a.k.a. chosen.] I Am He, & I Am the First, & I also Am the Last.

[Revelation 1:17-19 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet [like] dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, [Don't] fear; I Am the First & the Last. I Am He, [Who lives,] & was dead; & [look,] I Am alive forever more, Amen; & have the keys of hell, & of death. Write the things [that] you [have] seen, & the things [that] are, & the things [that] shall be [after this.]

Also, [My hands have] laid the foundation of the earth, & My right hand [has spread out] the heavens. When I call upon them, they stand up together. [Psalm 102:25-27 *Of old, You [have] laid the foundation of the earth; & the heavens are the work of Your hands.

They shall perish, but You [shall] endure. [Yes,] all of them shall [grow] old like a garment; & You [shall] change them [like] a [robe,] & they shall be changed. But You [are] the same, & Your years shall have no end.]

All [of] you assemble yourselves, & hear. [Who] among them [has] declared these things? The Lord [has] loved him, [a.k.a. Israel,] & He will do his pleasure on Babylon, & His arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

[Isaiah 44:27-28 [Who says] to the deep, Be dry, & I will dry up your rivers. [Who says] of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, & shall [accomplish] all My pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You [shall] be [rebuilt;] & to the temple, Your foundation shall be [relaid.]

I, even I, have spoken; & [yes,] I have called him. I have  brought him, & he shall make his [path] prosperous. You, come near to Me, & hear this. From the beginning, I haven't spoken in secret. From the time that it was, I [was] there; & now, the Lord God, & His [Holy] Spirit [have] sent Me.

[Isaiah 61:1 *The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good [news] to the meek. He has sent Me to [bandage] up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives & the opening of the prison, to [those who] were bound.]

The Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, [says this;] I Am the Lord your God, [Who teaches] you to [benefit, & Who leads] you by the [road] that you [should] go. O that you [had paid attention] to My commandments! Then, your peace, had been [like] a river, & your righteousness [like] the waves of the sea.

Also, your seed, [a.k.a. descendants,] had been [numerous] [like] the sand, & your offspring [from] your [body], [would be] like the [seashore's] gravel. His name should not [be] cut off, nor destroyed from [in front of] Me.

You [from] Babylon, Go [out,] & flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing, you declare, & tell this, & even [say] it to the [ends] of the earth, The Lord [has] Redeemed His servant, Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel.] And they [didn't] thirst when He led them through the deserts.

He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He [split] the rock, & also the waters gushed out. [Psalm 105:39-42 He spread a cloud for a covering; & fire to give light in the night. The people asked, & He brought quails, & satisfied them with the bread of heaven, [a.k.a. manna.]

He opened the rock, & the waters gushed out; & they ran in the dry places like a river. For He remembered His holy promise, & Abraham, His servant.]

The Lord [says,] There is no peace, to the wicked.