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. |
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 [as] I [told of them] & I did them [immediately] & they [happened.] |
Because I knew you were [stubborn] & your neck is [stiff like] iron & your [forehead] brass. [Deuteronomy 9:13 Furthermore, the Lord [spoke] to me, saying, I have seen this people & [saw] it is a stiff-necked people.] |
I have even declared it to you from the beginning, before it [happened] & I [announced] it [to] you, lest you should say, [My] idol has done [these] & my [carved] imaged & my [molded] image have commanded them. You have heard & see all this & won't you declare it? |
I have [shown] you new things, from this time, even hidden things [that] you didn't know. 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. [Yet,] you [still] hadn't heard & [didn't] know [of them.] |
[Yet,] I knew that you would [behave] very treacherously & were called a [sinner,] from that time that your ear wasn't opened, from [within] the womb. For My Name's sake & My praise, I will [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. [Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord has taken you & brought you [forward] out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be [for] Him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.] |
For [My] own sake, I will even do it: 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, [whom I have] called. 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, [Don't] fear; I Am the First & the Last. I am He, [Who] lives & was dead & [look,] I Am alive forever more, Amen; and [I] 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 & [like] a [robe,] You shall change them & they shall be changed. But You are the same & Your years have no end.] |
All [of] you assemble yourselves & hear. [Who] among them has declared these things? The Lord has loved him & 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 the 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 laid.] |
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 am there & now, the Lord God & His 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] 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 [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 before Me. |
You of 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. 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 [for] the wicked. |