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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Lord Corrects His People</h3>1People of Israel,you come from Jacob's familyand the tribe<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> of Judah.You claim to worship me,the Lord God of Israel,but you are lying.2You call Jerusalem your homeand say you depend on me,the Lord All-Powerful,the God of Israel.3Long ago I announcedwhat was going to be,then without warning,I made it happen.4I knew you were stubbornand hardheaded.5And I told you these things,so that when they happenedyou would not say,“The idols we worship did this.”6You heard what I said,and you have seen it happen.Now admit it's true!I will show you secretsyou have never known.7Today I am doing something new,something you cannot sayyou have heard before.8You have never been willingto listen to what I say;from the moment of your birth,I knew you would rebel.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Warns Israel</h3>9I, the Lord, am true to myself;I will be praised for not punishingand destroying you.10I tested you in hard timesjust as silver is refinedin a heated furnace.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 11I did this because of who I am.I refuse to be dishonored<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> or share my praisewith any other god.12<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Israel, my chosen people,listen to me.I alone am the Lord,the first and the last.13With my own handI created the earthand stretched out the sky.They obey my every command.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Speaks to the Nations</h3>14Gather around me, all of you!Listen to what I say.Did any of your idolspredict this would happen?Did they say that my friend<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> would do what I want doneto Babylonia?<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 15I was the one who chose him.I have brought him this far,and he will be successful.16Come closer and listen!I have never kept secretthe things I have said,and I was herebefore time began.<h3 class="s1">It Is Best To Obey the Lord</h3>By the power of his Spiritthe Lord God has sent me17with this message:People of Israel,I am the holy Lord God,the one who rescues you.For your own good,I teach you, and I lead youalong the right path.18How I wish that youhad obeyed my commands!Your success and good fortunewould then have overflowedlike a flooding river.19Your nation would be blessedwith more peoplethan there are grains of sandalong the seashore.And I would never have letyour country be destroyed.20<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Now leave Babylon!Celebrate as you go.Be happy and shoutfor everyone to hear,“The Lord has rescuedhis servant Israel!21He led us through the desertand made water flow from a rockto satisfy our thirst.22<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.48.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> But the Lord has promisedthat none who are evilwill live in peace.”</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">tribe: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “waters.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">furnace: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I refuse to be dishonored: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my friend: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably Cyrus (see 44.28; 45.1).</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">48.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Babylonia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 14.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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