1 Nephi 20

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1 Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, or out of the waters of baptism , who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear not in truth nor in righteousness. 2 Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city , but they do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name. 3 Behold, I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I did show them suddenly. 4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it came to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say—Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not declare them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say—Behold I knew them. 8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 9 Nevertheless, for my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction . 11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he; I am the first , and I am also the last. 13 Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon , and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans. 15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret ; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his Spirit , hath sent me. 17 And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer , the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments —then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans , with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not; 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. 22 And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also, there is no peace , saith the Lord, unto the wicked. Isa. 48:1 (1–22) . TG Baptism ; Conversion . Deut. 6:13 . Jer. 4:2 ; 5:2 . Isa. 52:1 . TG Jerusalem . TG Hypocrisy ; Prophets, Rejection of . Isa. 42:9 ; 46:10 (9–10) . TG God, Foreknowledge of . TG Stiffnecked . TG God, Omniscience of ; Idolatry . 1 Cor. 9:16 . Ps. 58:3 . 1 Sam. 12:22 ; Ps. 23:3 ; 1 Jn. 2:12 . Ex. 1:11 (10–11) ; 1 Ne. 17:25 . TG Affliction . Jer. 44:26 . Isa. 42:8 ; Moses 4:1 (1–4) . Rev. 1:17 ; 22:13 . TG Jesus Christ, Firstborn ; Jesus Christ, Jehovah . Ps. 102:25 . TG God the Father, Jehovah ; Jesus Christ, Creator . Ps. 148:8 (5–10) . 1 Kgs. 8:56 ; D&C 64:31 ; 76:3 . TG Babylon . Isa. 45:1 (1–4) . Isa. 45:19 . TG God, Spirit of . TG Jesus Christ, Jehovah . TG Guidance, Divine . Eccl. 8:5 . TG Israel, Blessings of ; Peace of God . Gen. 22:17 (15–19) ; Isa. 48:19 (18–22) ; Hosea 1:10 . Jer. 51:6 (6, 44–45) ; D&C 133:5 (5–14) . TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands . Isa. 44:1 (1–2, 21) ; 45:4 . Ps. 107:33 (33–37) ; Isa. 41:18 (17–20) . Ex. 17:6 ; Num. 20:11 ; 1 Ne. 17:29 ; 2 Ne. 25:20 ; D&C 133:26 (26–30) . Rom. 3:17 . TG Peace of God .