Isaiah 48

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 Listen to these things, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who went forth from the waters of Judah. You swear by the name of the Lord and you call to mind the God of Israel, but not in truth, and not in justice.	1 שמעו זאת בית יעקב הנקראים בשם ישראל וממי יהודה יצאו הנשבעים בשם יהוה ובאלהי ישראל יזכירו לא באמת ולא בצדקה
2 For they have been called from the holy city, and they have been founded upon the God of Israel. The Lord of hosts is his name.	2 כי מעיר הקדש נקראו ועל אלהי ישראל נסמכו יהוה צבאות שמו
3 From that time, I announced the former things. They went forth from my mouth, and I have caused them to be heard. I wrought these things suddenly, and they were fulfilled.	3 הראשנות מאז הגדתי ומפי יצאו ואשמיעם פתאם עשיתי ותבאנה
4 For I knew that you are stubborn, and that your neck is like an iron sinew, and that your forehead is like brass.	4 מדעתי כי קשה אתה וגיד ברזל ערפך ומצחך נחושה
5 From that time, I foretold to you. Before these things happened, I revealed them to you, lest you say: “My idols have accomplished these things, and my graven and molten images have commanded them.”	5 ואגיד לך מאז בטרם תבוא השמעתיך פן תאמר עצבי עשם ופסלי ונסכי צום
6 See all the things that you have heard. But were you the ones who announced them? From that time, I caused you to hear about new things, and you do not know how these were preserved.	6 שמעת חזה כלה ואתם הלוא תגידו השמעתיך חדשות מעתה ונצרות ולא ידעתם
7 They are created now, and not in that time. And even before today, you did not hear of them; otherwise, you might say, “Behold, I knew them.”	7 עתה נבראו ולא מאז ולפני יום ולא שמעתם פן תאמר הנה ידעתין
8 You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb.	8 גם לא שמעת גם לא ידעת גם מאז לא פתחה אזנך כי ידעתי בגוד תבגוד ופשע מבטן קרא לך
9 For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.	9 למען שמי אאריך אפי ותהלתי אחטם לך לבלתי הכריתך
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.	10 הנה צרפתיך ולא בכסף בחרתיך בכור עני
11 For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.	11 למעני למעני אעשה כי איך יחל וכבודי לאחר לא אתן
12 Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.	12 שמע אלי יעקב וישראל מקראי אני הוא אני ראשון אף אני אחרון
13 Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.	13 אף ידי יסדה ארץ וימיני טפחה שמים קרא אני אליהם יעמדו יחדו
14 Gather together, all of you, and listen. Who among them has announced these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do his will with Babylon, and his arm is upon the Chaldeans.	14 הקבצו כלכם ושמעו מי בהם הגיד את אלה יהוה אהבו יעשה חפצו בבבל וזרעו כשדים
15 I am, I have spoken, and I have called him. I have led him forward, and his way has been straight.	15 אני אני דברתי אף קראתיו הביאתיו והצליח דרכו
16 Draw near to me, and listen to this. From the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time before it happened, I was there. And now, the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.	16 קרבו אלי שמעו זאת לא מראש בסתר דברתי מעת היותה שם אני ועתה אדני יהוה שלחני ורוחו
17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord, your God, who teaches you beneficial things, who guides you in the way that you walk.	17 כה אמר יהוה גאלך קדוש ישראל אני יהוה אלהיך מלמדך להועיל מדריכך בדרך תלך
18 If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea,	18 לוא הקשבת למצותי ויהי כנהר שלומך וצדקתך כגלי הים
19 and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the stock from your loins would have been like its stones. His name would not have passed away, nor would it have been worn away before my face.	19 ויהי כחול זרעך וצאצאי מעיך כמעתיו לא יכרת ולא ישמד שמו מלפני
20 Depart from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Announce it with a voice of exultation. Cause it to be heard, and carry it even to the ends of the earth. Say: “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”	20 צאו מבבל ברחו מכשדים בקול רנה הגידו השמיעו זאת הוציאוה עד קצה הארץ אמרו גאל יהוה עבדו יעקב
21 They did not thirst in the desert, when he led them out. He produced water from the rock for them. For he split the rock, and the waters flowed out.	21 ולא צמאו בחרבות הוליכם מים מצור הזיל למו ויבקע צור ויזבו מים
22 “There is no peace for the impious,” says the Lord.	22 אין שלום אמר יהוה לרשעים