Isaiah 48

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1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah , which swear by the name of the Lord , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city , and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate , and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; 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. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed 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; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb . 9 ¶ 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. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction . 11 For mine own sake , even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 ¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth , and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon , and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 16 ¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God , and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 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. 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, and 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 it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 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. 22 There is no peace , saith the Lord , unto the wicked. 1 Ne. 20:1 . TG Baptism . TG Swearing . Isa. 29:13 . TG Jerusalem . IE pretend to rely upon. TG God, Omniscience of . TG God, Foreknowledge of . IE Israel. TG Stubbornness . TG Stiffnecked . Ps. 58:3 . Josh. 7:9 . TG Anger . Ezek. 22:18 (18–22) . TG Affliction . Ps. 115:1 ; Isa. 43:25 ; Ezek. 20:9 . TG Swearing . Matt. 21:43 . TG Creation . IE Cyrus will do his desire, or wish. D&C 1:16 ; 64:24 . Isa. 45:19 ; 2 Ne. 26:23 (23–28) . TG Authority . TG Leadership . TG Peace of God . Gen. 22:17 (15–19) ; 1 Ne. 20:19 (18–22) . Isa. 52:11 . TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands . Ex. 17:6 ; Num. 20:11 . TG Peace ; Peace of God .