Isaiah:48:1-11
rotherham@Isaiah:48:1 @ Hear ye this O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance Not in truth, nor in righteousness;
rotherham@Isaiah:48:2 @ For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:3 @ Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:4 @ Because I knew that Obstinate, thou wast, And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
rotherham@Isaiah:48:5 @ therefore told I theein time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them!
rotherham@Isaiah:48:6 @ Thou hast heardsee it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new thingsfrom the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:7 @ Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them, Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew them!
rotherham@Isaiah:48:8 @ Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:9 @ For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, So as not to cut thee off.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:10 @ Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
rotherham@Isaiah:48:11 @ For mine own sakefor mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my gloryto another, will I not give.
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