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which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.</p> <p class="hdg">Israel Promised Deliverance</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yea, mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and his spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/isaiah/48-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>