Verse 5
Isaiah 48:5
Bible in Basic English
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For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אַגִּ֤יד לְ/ךָ֙ מֵ/אָ֔ז בְּ/טֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑י/ךָ פֶּן תֹּאמַר֙ עָצְבִּ֣/י עָשָׂ֔/ם וּ/פִסְלִ֥/י וְ/נִסְכִּ֖/י צִוָּֽ/ם
English Translation
And I will tell you from then, before you come, I have warned you, lest you say, "My idols and my images and my molten images have done this."
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Chapter 48 Context
1
Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of t...
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2
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God (Elohim) of Israel: the...
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3
I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them cle...
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4
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
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5
For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear t...
6
All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now makin...
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7
They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your...
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8
Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ea...
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9
Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you o...
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10
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
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11
For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glor...
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12
Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
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13
Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched ou...
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14
Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's lo...
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15
I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to...
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16
Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its...
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17
The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who...
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18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your right...
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19
Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cu...
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20
Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the...
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21
They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out o...
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22
There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
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