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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 48 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/48.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/48-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Isaiah 48</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/47.htm" title="Isaiah 47">◄</a> Isaiah 48 <a href="../isaiah/49.htm" title="Isaiah 49">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/48-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Israel’s Stubbornness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear these <i>words</i>, ye house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention <i>of it, but</i> not with truth, nor with righteousness;<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and they that have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and <i>the events</i> came to pass.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And I told thee of old what <i>should be</i> before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, <i>My</i> idols have done <i>it</i> for me; and shouldest say, <i>My</i> graven and molten images have commanded me.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Ye have heard all this, but ye have not known: yet I have made known to thee the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and thou saidst not,<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, I have sold thee, <i>but</i> not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For mine own sake I will do <i>this</i> for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Deliverance Promised to Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, <i>even</i> the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, <i>then</i> would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/47.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 47"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 47" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/49.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 49"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 49" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>