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Because of my knowledge">c</a></span> that you are obstinate,</p> <p class="poetry2">and because your neck is an iron sinew,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your forehead is bronze,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I told you these things long ago;</p> <p class="poetry2">I announced them to you before they happened</p> <p class="poetry2">so that you couldn’t say, ‘My idol did them;</p> <p class="poetry2">my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and my">d</a></span> carved image or metal idol ordained them.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“You have heard—now look at them all!</p> <p class="poetry2">How<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:6 Lit. And how">e</a></span> can you not admit them?</p> <p class="poetry2">From now on, I’ll make you hear new things,</p> <p class="poetry2">hidden things that you have not known.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They are created now, and not long ago;</p> <p class="poetry2">you didn’t hear them before today,</p> <p class="poetry2">so you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew them.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX lack And">f</a></span> neither had you heard, nor did you understand,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor did you open<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:8 So 1QIsaa Targ; MT reads did your ear open itself; CaiGen Syr Vulg read was your ear uncovered">g</a></span> your ear long ago.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:8 Lit. ear from of old">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, I knew that<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks that">i</a></span> you would act very deceitfully,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they would call<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:8 So 1QIsaa; LXX Targ read and you would be called; 4QIsad MT read deceitfully, calling ">j</a></span> you a rebel from birth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I defer my anger for my name’s sake,</p> <p class="poetry2">and as my first act<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:9 Lit. and for my commencement; or and for my profanation; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read for my praise; LXX reads for my glorious deeds">k</a></span> I’m restraining it for you,</p> <p class="poetry2">so as not to cut you off.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Look, I have refined you, but not like silver;</p> <p class="poetry2">I have purified<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read chosen ">l</a></span> you in the furnace of affliction.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For my own sake—Yes, for my own sake!—I’m doing it;</p> <p class="poetry2">indeed, how can I be profaned?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:11 Or can I wait; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read can it be profaned; 4QIsad MT read can it wait; LXX reads can my name be profaned">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Furthermore, I won’t give my glory to another.”</p> <p class="heading">The LORD Calls Israel</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Listen to these things,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read me ">n</a></span> Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">and Israel, whom I have called.</p> <p class="poetry2">I am the One: I am the first,</p> <p class="poetry2">I am even<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:12 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads also ">o</a></span> the last.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Moreover, my hands laid<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hand laid">p</a></span> the earth’s foundation,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my right hand spread out the heavens.</p> <p class="poetry2">I call out to them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:13 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks and">q</a></span> they stand up together.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let all of them come together and listen:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsad MT read Come together, all of you, and listen!">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Who is there among them that could declare<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read has declared ">s</a></span> these things?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“The LORD loves me,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read him; LXX reads you">t</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he will accomplish<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 So 1QIsaa (misspelling carry out); 4QIsad MT read He will carry out; LXX reads I have carried out">u</a></span> my purpose<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXXms read his purpose; LXX reads your purpose">v</a></span> against Babylon;</p> <p class="poetry2">his arm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:14 i.e. the Messiah; so 1QIsaa; MT reads and his arm; LXX reads to do away with the offspring">w</a></span> will be against the Chaldeans.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I—Yes, I!—have spoken;</p> <p class="poetry2">indeed, I’ve called and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read called him; 4QIsac LXX read brought him ">x</a></span> I’ve brought him, </p> <p class="poetry2">and he will make his path successful.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:15 Or his path will be successful; so 1QIsaa (feminine) and 4QIsad MT (masculine); 4QIsac LXX read I will make his path successful">y</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Draw near to me, and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">z</a></span> listen to this:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘From the beginning I haven’t spoken in secret;</p> <p class="poetry2">at<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads from">aa</a></span> the time it happened, I was there.’</p> <p class="poetry2">And now the LORD God, and his Spirit, has sent me.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:16 Or has sent me and his Spirit.">bb</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD says,</p> <p class="poetry2">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“I am the LORD your God,</p> <p class="poetry2">who teaches you how to succeed,</p> <p class="poetry2">who directs you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:17 1QIsaa misspells this word">cc</a></span> in the path by which<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab 4QIsac 4QIsad MT lack which">dd</a></span> you should go.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:18 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsac LXX; MT lacks Now">ee</a></span> if only you had paid attention to my commandments!</p> <p class="poetry2">Then your peace would have been like a river,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your success like the waves of the sea.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your descendants would’ve been like the sand,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your offspring<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read the offspring of your loins">ff</a></span> like its numberless grains.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their name wouldn’t have been cut off</p> <p class="poetry2">or annihilated out of my reach.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans!</p> <p class="poetry2">With happy shouts, announce</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and">gg</a></span> proclaim this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:20 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT LXX read this. Send it forth">hh</a></span> to the ends<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:20 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read end">ii</a></span> of the earth:</p> <p class="poetry2">Say, ‘The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They didn’t thirst when he led him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:21 So 1QIsaa LXXmss; 4QIsad MT LXX read them">jj</a></span> through the desolate places.</p> <p class="poetry2">He made water gush<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:21 So 1QIsaa Syr; cf. Ps 78:20 and 105:41; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT read flow; LXX reads he will bring forth">kk</a></span> from a rock for them;</p> <p class="poetry2">he split open the rock, and water gushed out.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“But<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="48:22 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack But">ll</a></span> there is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 48:1 Lit. <i>waters</i>; this word is misspelled in both 1QIsaa and MT<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 48:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 48:4 Lit. <i>Because of my knowledge</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 48:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>and my</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 48:6 Lit. <i>And how</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 48:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX lack <i>And</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 48:8 So 1QIsaa Targ; MT reads <i>did your ear open itself</i>; CaiGen Syr Vulg read <i>was your ear uncovered</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 48:8 Lit. <i>ear from of old</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 48:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>that</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 48:8 So 1QIsaa; LXX Targ read <i>and you would be called</i>; 4QIsad MT read <i>deceitfully, calling</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 48:9 Lit. <i>and for my commencement</i>; or <i>and for my profanation</i>; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>for my praise</i>; LXX reads <i>for my glorious deeds</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 48:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>chosen</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 48:11 Or <i>can I wait</i>; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>can it be profaned</i>; 4QIsad MT read <i>can it wait</i>; LXX reads <i>can my name be profaned</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 48:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>me</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 48:12 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads <i>also</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 48:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read<i> hand laid</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 48:13 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 48:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsad MT read <i>Come together, all of you, and listen!</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read <i>has declared</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>him</i>; LXX reads <i>you</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 48:14 So 1QIsaa (misspelling <i>carry out</i>); 4QIsad MT read <i>He will carry out</i>; LXX reads <i>I have carried out</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 48:14 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXXms read <i>his purpose</i>; LXX reads <i>your purpose</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 48:14 i.e. the Messiah; so 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>and his arm</i>; LXX reads <i>to do away with the offspring</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 48:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>called him</i>; 4QIsac LXX read <i>brought him </i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 48:15 Or <i>his path will be successful</i>; so 1QIsaa (feminine) and 4QIsad MT (masculine); 4QIsac LXX read <i>I will make his path successful</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 48:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 48:16 Or <i>has sent me and his Spirit</i>.<br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 48:17 1QIsaa misspells this word<br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 48:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab 4QIsac 4QIsad MT lack <i>which</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 48:18 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsac LXX; MT lacks <i>Now</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 48:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read <i>the offspring of your loins</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 48:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 48:20 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT LXX read <i>this. Send it forth</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 48:20 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read <i>end</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 48:21 So 1QIsaa LXXmss; 4QIsad MT LXX read <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">kk</span> 48:21 So 1QIsaa Syr; cf. 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