Verse 17
Isaiah 48:17
Bible in Basic English
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The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּֽה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה גֹּאַלְ/ךָ֖ קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ מְלַמֶּדְ/ךָ֣ לְ/הוֹעִ֔יל מַדְרִֽיכֲ/ךָ֖ בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ תֵּלֵֽךְ
English Translation
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, teaching you for your benefit, guiding you in the way you should go.
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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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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...
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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...
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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