Verse 20
Isaiah 48:20
Free Bible Version
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Leave Babylon! Run away from Babylonia with happy shouts! Let everyone know, telling the whole earth, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
צְא֣וּ מִ/בָּבֶל֮ בִּרְח֣וּ מִ/כַּשְׂדִּים֒ בְּ/ק֣וֹל רִנָּ֗ה הַגִּ֤ידוּ הַשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ זֹ֔את הוֹצִיא֖וּ/הָ עַד קְצֵ֣ה הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אִמְר֕וּ גָּאַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה עַבְדּ֥/וֹ יַעֲקֹֽב
English Translation
Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with the voice of singing, proclaim this, announce it; send it to the ends of the earth. Say, "The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob."
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Chapter 48 Context
1
Listen to this, descendants of Jacob, called by the name of Israel, and who come from the lineage of...
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You say you're from the “Holy City,” and claim you're trusting in the God (Elohim) of Israel, whose...
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3
I predicted long ago what was going to happen—I said it and let people know. Then suddenly I decided...
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4
I know how stubborn you are, with necks as unbending as iron and foreheads as hard as bronze.
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5
I predicted these things to you long ago, before they happened. I explained them to you so that you...
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6
You've heard all I predicted, and seen it happen. Won't you admit it? Now I'm going to tell you new...
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7
These are brand-new, not something from the past. Before today you won't have heard anything about t...
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8
No, you've never heard that, and you've never known that! Nobody's told you about that before! I kno...
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9
But because of my nature I am delaying my punishment; and because of my reputation, I'm not going to...
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10
Look how I've refined you, but not like silver—I chose you in the furnace of trouble.
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11
The reason I'm doing this is because of who I am, yes, because of my very nature. I won't let my rep...
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12
Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one I called. Only I am God (Elohim). I am the first, and I am...
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13
I laid the foundations of the earth with my own hands; I personally spread out the heavens. When I c...
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14
Everyone gather round and listen. Which of your “gods” told you anything like this? The one the Lord...
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15
I myself have spoken. I have called him to do this, and he will be successful in what he does.
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16
Come close to me, and listen to this. From the very beginning I haven't spoken in secret; I am alway...
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17
This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord your God (Elohim)....
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18
If you had only listened carefully to what I told you! Then your blessings would have flowed like a...
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19
Your children, your descendants, would have been like all those grains of sand. They wouldn't have h...
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20
Leave Babylon! Run away from Babylonia with happy shouts! Let everyone know, telling the whole earth...
21
They weren't thirsty when he led them through the desert—he made water come out of the rock for them...
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22
The wicked have no peace, says the Lord.
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