The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 48ישעיהו 48

שִׁמְעוּ זֹ֣את בֵּֽית יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִמֵּ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יָצָ֑אוּ הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א בֶאֱמֶ֖ת וְלֹ֥א בִצְדָקָֽה

Hear you 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 YHWH, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.

כִּֽי מֵעִ֤יר הַקֹּ֨דֶשׁ֙ נִקְרָ֔אוּ וְעַל אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִסְמָ֑כוּ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; YHWH of hosts his name.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ מֵאָ֣ז הִגַּ֔דְתִּי וּמִפִּ֥י יָצְא֖וּ וְאַשְׁמִיעֵ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם עָשִׂ֖יתִי וַתָּבֹֽאנָה

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

מִדַּעְתִּ֕י כִּ֥י קָשֶׁ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד בַּרְזֶל֙ עָרְפֶּ֔ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ֖ נְחוּשָֽׁה

Because I knew that you obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your brow brass;

וָאַגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ מֵאָ֔ז בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָ פֶּן תֹּאמַר֙ עָצְבִּ֣י עָשָׂ֔ם וּפִסְלִ֥י וְנִסְכִּ֖י צִוָּֽם

I have even from the beginning declared to you; before it came to pass I shewed you: lest you shouldest say, Mine idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.

שָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽ חֲזֵה֙ כֻּלָּ֔הּ וְאַתֶּ֖ם הֲל֣וֹא תַגִּ֑ידוּ הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָ חֲדָשׁוֹת֙ מֵעַ֔תָּה וּנְצֻר֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽם

You have heard, see all this; and will not you declare ? I have shewed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you didst not know them.

עַתָּ֤ה נִבְרְאוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מֵאָ֔ז וְלִפְנֵי י֖וֹם וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם פֶּן תֹּאמַ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה יְדַעְתִּֽין

They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heardest them not; lest you shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

גַּ֣ם לֹֽא שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ גַּ֚ם לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתָּ גַּ֕ם מֵאָ֖ז לֹא פִתְּחָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ בָּג֣וֹד תִּבְגּ֔וֹד וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַ מִבֶּ֖טֶן קֹ֥רָא לָֽךְ

Yea, you heardest not; yea, you knewest not; yea, from that time your ear was not opened: for I knew that you wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off.

הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ בְּכ֥וּר עֹֽנִי

Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל וּכְבוֹדִ֖י לְאַחֵ֥ר לֹֽא אֶתֵּֽן

For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do : for how should be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another.

שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַי֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑י אֲנִי הוּא֙ אֲנִ֣י רִאשׁ֔וֹן אַ֖ף אֲנִ֥י אַחֲרֽוֹן

Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I he; I the first, I also the last.

אַף יָדִי֙ יָ֣סְדָה אֶ֔רֶץ וִֽימִינִ֖י טִפְּחָ֣ה שָׁמָ֑יִם קֹרֵ֥א אֲנִ֛י אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם יַעַמְד֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו

Mine hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spanned the heavens: I call to them, they stand up together.

הִקָּבְצ֤וּ כֻלְּכֶם֙ וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עוּ מִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם הִגִּ֣יד אֶת אֵ֑לֶּה יְהוָ֣ה אֲהֵב֔וֹ יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה חֶפְצוֹ֙ בְּבָבֶ֔ל וּזְרֹע֖וֹ כַּשְׂדִּֽים

All you, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them has declared these ? YHWH has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm the Chaldeans.

אֲנִ֥י אֲנִ֛י דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי אַף קְרָאתִ֑יו הֲבִיאֹתִ֖יו וְהִצְלִ֥יחַ דַּרְכּֽוֹ

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

קִרְב֧וּ אֵלַ֣י שִׁמְעוּ זֹ֗את לֹ֤א מֵרֹאשׁ֙ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי מֵעֵ֥ת הֱיוֹתָ֖הּ שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי וְעַתָּ֗ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה שְׁלָחַ֖נִי וְרוּחֽוֹ

Come you near to me, hear you this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there I: and now YHWH YHWH, and his Spirit, has sent me.

כֹּֽה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה גֹּאַלְךָ֖ קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ מְלַמֶּדְךָ֣ לְהוֹעִ֔יל מַדְרִֽיכֲךָ֖ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ תֵּלֵֽךְ

Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I YHWH your God which teacheth you to profit, which leadeth you by the way you shouldest go.

ל֥וּא הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ לְמִצְוֺתָ֑י וַיְהִ֤י כַנָּהָר֙ שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖ כְּגַלֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם

O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

וַיְהִ֤י כַחוֹל֙ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י מֵעֶ֖יךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֧ת וְֽלֹא יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד שְׁמ֖וֹ מִלְּפָנָֽי

Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

צְא֣וּ מִבָּבֶל֮ בִּרְח֣וּ מִכַּשְׂדִּים֒ בְּק֣וֹל רִנָּ֗ה הַגִּ֤ידוּ הַשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ זֹ֔את הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ עַד קְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ אִמְר֕וּ גָּאַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה עַבְדּ֥וֹ יַעֲקֹֽב

Go you forth of Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it to the end of the earth; say you, YHWH has redeemed his servant Jacob.

וְלֹ֣א צָמְא֗וּ בָּחֳרָבוֹת֙ הֽוֹלִיכָ֔ם מַ֥יִם מִצּ֖וּר הִזִּ֣יל לָ֑מוֹ וַיִּ֨בְקַע צ֔וּר וַיָּזֻ֖בוּ מָֽיִם

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.

אֵ֣ין שָׁל֔וֹם אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה לָרְשָׁעִֽים

no peace, says YHWH, to the wicked.