Hear these [words], ye house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of , who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention [of it, but] not with truth, nor with righteousness;
maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;
and they have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and [the events] came to pass.
I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.
And I told thee of old what [should be] before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, [My] idols have done [it] for me; and shouldest say, [My] graven and molten images have commanded me.
Ye have heard all this, but ye have not known: yet I have made known to thee the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and thou saidst not,
Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.
Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.
For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.
Behold, I have sold thee, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.
For mine own sake I will do [this] for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.
Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.
My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.
And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.
I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.
Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk.
And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, [then] would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.
Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.
Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob.
And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.
There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.