Isaiah

1“Hear this, house of Jacob,you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah.You swear by the LORD’s name,and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—

2for they call themselves citizens of the holy city,and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.

3I have declared the former things from of old.Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.

4Because I knew that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

5therefore I have declared it to you from of old;before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’

6You have heard it.Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time,even hidden things, which you have not known.

7They are created now, and not from of old.Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

8Yes, you didn’t hear.Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened,for I knew that you dealt very treacherously,and were called a transgressor from the womb.

9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

10Behold, I have refined you,but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

11For my own sake,for my own sake, I will do it;for how would my name be profaned?I will not give my glory to another.

12“Listen to me, O Jacob,and Israel my called:I am he.I am the first. I am also the last.

13Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

14“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!Who among them has declared these things?He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon,and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15I, even I, have spoken.Yes, I have called him.I have brought himand he shall make his way prosperous.

16“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent mewith his Spirit.

17The LORD,your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says:“I am the LORD your God,who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

18Oh that you had listened to my commandments!Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

19Your offspring also would have been as the sandand the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”

20Leave Babylon!Flee from the Chaldeans!With the sound of joyful shouting announce this,tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

21They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts.He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.

22“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

神掌管未来

1雅各家，称为以色列名下， 从犹大水源出来的，当听我言！ 你们指着耶和华的名起誓， 提说以色列的 神， 却不凭诚实，不凭公义。

2他们自称为圣城的人， 所倚靠的是 名为万军之耶和华—以色列的 神。

3主说：早先的事，我从古时说明， 已经出了我的口， 也是我所指示的； 我忽然行做，事便成就。

4因为我素来知道你是顽梗的— 你的颈项是铁的； 你的额是铜的。

5所以，我从古时将这事给你说明， 在未成以先指示你， 免得你说：这些事是我的偶像所行的， 是我雕刻的偶像和我铸造的偶像所命定的。

6你已经听见，现在要看见这一切； 你不说明吗？ 从今以后，我将新事， 就是你所不知道的隐密事指示你。

7这事是现今造的，并非从古就有； 在今日以先，你也未曾听见， 免得你说：这事我早已知道了。

8你未曾听见，未曾知道； 你的耳朵从来未曾开通。 我原知道你行事极其诡诈， 你自从出胎以来， 便称为悖逆的。

9我为我的名暂且忍怒， 为我的颂赞向你容忍， 不将你剪除。

10我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子； 你在苦难的炉中，我拣选你。

11我为自己的缘故必行这事， 我焉能使我的名被亵渎？ 我必不将我的荣耀归给假神。

耶和华拣选塞鲁士为领导者

12雅各—我所选召的以色列啊， 当听我言： 我是耶和华， 我是首先的，也是末后的。

13我手立了地的根基； 我右手铺张诸天； 我一招呼便都立住。

14你们都当聚集而听， 他们内中谁说过这些事？ 耶和华所爱的人必向巴比伦行他所喜悦的事； 他的膀臂也要加在迦勒底人身上。

15惟有我曾说过，我又选召他， 领他来，他的道路就必亨通。

16你们要就近我来听这话： 我从起头并未曾在隐密处说话； 自从有这事，我就在那里。 现在，主耶和华差遣我和他的灵来。

耶和华对他子民的计划

17耶和华—你的救赎主， 以色列的圣者如此说： 我是耶和华—你的 神， 教训你，使你得益处， 引导你所当行的路。

18甚愿你素来听从我的命令！ 你的平安就如河水； 你的公义就如海浪。

19你的后裔也必多如海沙； 你腹中所生的也必多如沙粒。 他的名在我面前必不剪除， 也不灭绝。

20你们要从巴比伦出来， 从迦勒底人中逃脱， 以欢呼的声音传扬说： 耶和华救赎了他的仆人雅各！ 你们要将这事宣扬到地极。

21耶和华引导他们经过沙漠。 他们并不干渴； 他为他们使水从磐石而流， 分裂磐石，水就涌出。

22耶和华说： 恶人必不得平安！