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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.