¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are¹ called by the name of Israel, and are come² forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear³ by the name of the LORD, and make mention⁴ of the God of Israel, but not in truth⁵, nor in righteousness.

For they call⁶ themselves of the holy city, and stay⁷ themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD⁸ of hosts is his name.

I have declared⁹ the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I¹⁰ shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

Because I knew¹¹ that thou art obstinate¹², and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow¹⁴ brass;

I have even¹⁵ from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol¹⁶ hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

Thou hast heard¹⁷, see all this; and will¹⁸ not ye declare it? I have shewed¹⁹ thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

They are created²⁰ now,²¹ and not from²² the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew²³ them.

Yea, thou heardest²⁴ not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear²⁵ was not opened: for I knew²⁶ that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor²⁷ from the womb.

¶ For my name's²⁸ sake will I defer²⁹ mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

¶ Behold, I have refined³⁰ thee, but not with silver³¹; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

For mine own³² sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how³³ should my name³⁴ be polluted? and I will not³⁵ give my glory unto another.

Hearken³⁶ unto me, O Jacob³⁷ and Israel, my called³⁸; I am he;³⁹ I am the first, I also am the last.

Mine hand⁴⁰ also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and⁴¹ my right hand hath spanned⁴² the heavens: when⁴³ I call unto them, they stand up together.

All ye, assemble⁴⁴ yourselves, and hear; which among them⁴⁵ hath declared these things? The LORD⁴⁶ hath loved him: he will do⁴⁷ his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

⁴⁸I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not⁴⁹ spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD⁵⁰, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Thus saith the LORD⁵¹, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth⁵² thee to profit, which leadeth⁵³ thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

O that thou⁵⁴ hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had⁵⁵ thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Thy seed⁵⁶ also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name⁵⁷ should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

¶ Go ye forth⁵⁸ of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice⁵⁹ of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even⁶⁰ to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

And they thirsted⁶¹ not when he led them through the deserts: he caused⁶² the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

⁶³There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.