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God’s Stubborn People
“Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and born into the family of Judah.
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD
and call on the God of Israel.
You don’t keep your promises,
“Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and born into the family of Judah.
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD
and call on the God of Israel.
You don’t keep your promises,
Stubborn Israel
“Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and come from the line of Judah,
you who take oaths in the name of the Lord
and invoke the God of Israel —
but not in truth or righteousness —
“Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and come from the line of Judah,
you who take oaths in the name of the Lord
and invoke the God of Israel —
but not in truth or righteousness —
even though you call yourself the holy city
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city
and claim to rely on the God of Israel —
the Lord Almighty is his name:
and claim to rely on the God of Israel —
the Lord Almighty is his name:
Long ago I told you what was going to happen.
Then suddenly I took action,
and all my predictions came true.
Then suddenly I took action,
and all my predictions came true.
I foretold the former things long ago,
my mouth announced them and I made them known;
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
my mouth announced them and I made them known;
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are.
Your necks are as unbending as iron.
Your heads are as hard as bronze.
Your necks are as unbending as iron.
Your heads are as hard as bronze.
For I knew how stubborn you were;
your neck muscles were iron,
your forehead was bronze.
your neck muscles were iron,
your forehead was bronze.
That is why I told you what would happen;
I told you beforehand what I was going to do.
Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it.
My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’
I told you beforehand what I was going to do.
Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it.
My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’
Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
before they happened I announced them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled,
but you refuse to admit it.
Now I will tell you new things,
secrets you have not yet heard.
but you refuse to admit it.
Now I will tell you new things,
secrets you have not yet heard.
You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,
of hidden things unknown to you.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,
of hidden things unknown to you.
They are brand new, not things from the past.
So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’
So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’
They are created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew of them.’
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew of them.’
“Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new,
things you never heard of before.
For I know so well what traitors you are.
You have been rebels from birth.
things you never heard of before.
For I know so well what traitors you are.
You have been rebels from birth.
You have neither heard nor understood;
from of old your ears have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous you are;
you were called a rebel from birth.
from of old your ears have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous you are;
you were called a rebel from birth.
Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name,
I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath;
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.
I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
I will rescue you for my sake —
yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
and I will not share my glory with idols!
Freedom from Babylon
yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
and I will not share my glory with idols!
Freedom from Babylon
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?
I will not yield my glory to another.
How can I let myself be defamed?
I will not yield my glory to another.
“Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.
Israel Freed
“Listen to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:
I am he;
I am the first and I am the last.
“Listen to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:
I am he;
I am the first and I am the last.
It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.
“I have said it: I am calling Cyrus!
I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed.
I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed.
I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed in his mission.
yes, I have called him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed in his mission.
Come closer, and listen to this.
From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.”
And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit
have sent me with this message.
From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.”
And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit
have sent me with this message.
“Come near me and listen to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;
at the time it happens, I am there.”
And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me,
endowed with his Spirit.
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;
at the time it happens, I am there.”
And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me,
endowed with his Spirit.
This is what the LORD says —
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.
This is what the Lord says —
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
Oh, that you had listened to my commands!
Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river
and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river
and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.
Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore —
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”
Your descendants would have been like the sand,
your children like its numberless grains;
their name would never be blotted out
nor destroyed from before me.”
your children like its numberless grains;
their name would never be blotted out
nor destroyed from before me.”
Leave Babylon,
flee from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;
say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
flee from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;
say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
They were not thirsty
when he led them through the desert.
He divided the rock,
and water gushed out for them to drink.
when he led them through the desert.
He divided the rock,
and water gushed out for them to drink.
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.
he made water flow for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.