<vn='1'><sn="8085">Hear</s> ye <sn="2063">this</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, which are <sn="7121">called</s> by the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and are come <sn="3318">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 4325">waters</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, which <sn="7650">swear</s> by the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and make <sn="2142">mention</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, but <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="571">truth</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> they call <sn="7121">themselves</s> of the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="4480 5892">city</s>, and stay <sn="5564">themselves</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>I have <sn="5046">declared</s> the former <sn="7223">things</s> from the <sn="4480 227">beginning</s>; and they went <sn="3318">forth</s> out of my <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>, and I <sn="8085">showed</s> them; I <sn="6213">did</s> them <sn="6597">suddenly</s>, and they came to <sn="935">pass</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Because I <sn="4480 3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="7186">obstinate</s>, and thy <sn="6203">neck</s> is an <sn="1270">iron</s><sn="1517">sinew</s>, and thy <sn="4696">brow</s><sn="5154">brass</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>I have even from the <sn="4480 227">beginning</s><sn="5046">declared</s> it to thee; <sn="2962">before</s> it came to <sn="935">pass</s> I <sn="8085">showed</s> it thee: <sn="6435">lest</s> thou shouldest <sn="559">say</s>, Mine <sn="6090">idol</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> them, and my graven <sn="6459">image</s>, and my molten <sn="5262">image</s>, hath <sn="6680">commanded</s> them. </v>
<vn='6'>Thou hast <sn="8085">heard</s>, <sn="2372">see</s><sn="3605">all</s> this; and will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="5046">declare</s> it? I have <sn="8085">showed</s> thee new <sn="2319">things</s> from this <sn="4480 6258">time</s>, even hidden <sn="5341">things</s>, and thou didst <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s> them. </v>
<vn='7'>They are <sn="1254">created</s><sn="6258">now</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> from the <sn="4480 227">beginning</s>; even <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> when thou <sn="8085">heardest</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>; <sn="6435">lest</s> thou shouldest <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I <sn="3045">knew</s> them. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1571">Yea</s>, thou <sn="8085">heardest</s><sn="3808">not</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, thou <sn="3045">knewest</s><sn="3808">not</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, from that <sn="4480 227">time</s> that thine <sn="241">ear</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6605">opened</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="3045">knew</s> that thou wouldest deal very <sn="898 898">treacherously</s>, and wast <sn="7121">called</s> a <sn="6586">transgressor</s> from the <sn="4480 990">womb</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>For my name's <sn="4616 8034">sake</s> will I <sn="748">defer</s> mine <sn="639">anger</s>, and for my <sn="8416">praise</s> will I <sn="2413">refrain</s> for thee, that I cut thee not <sn="3772 1115">off</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="6884">refined</s> thee, but <sn="3808">not</s> with <sn="3701">silver</s>; I have <sn="977">chosen</s> thee in the <sn="3564">furnace</s> of <sn="6040">affliction</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>For mine own <sn="4616">sake</s>, even for mine own <sn="4616">sake</s>, will I <sn="6213">do</s> it: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="349">how</s> should my name be <sn="2490">polluted</s>? and I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> my <sn="3519">glory</s> unto <sn="312">another</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, O <sn="3290">Jacob</s> and <sn="3478">Israel</s>, my <sn="7121">called</s>; <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="1931">he</s>; <sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="7223">first</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="637">also</s> am the <sn="314">last</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Mine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="637">also</s> hath laid the <sn="3245">foundation</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, and my right <sn="3225">hand</s> hath <sn="2946">spanned</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>: when <sn="589">I</s><sn="7121">call</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, they stand <sn="5975">up</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3605">All</s> ye, assemble <sn="6908">yourselves</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s>; <sn="4310">which</s> among them hath <sn="5046">declared</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s> things? The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="157">loved</s> him: he will <sn="6213">do</s> his <sn="2656">pleasure</s> on <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and his <sn="2220">arm</s> shall be on the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="589">I</s>, even <sn="589">I</s>, have <sn="1696">spoken</s>; <sn="637">yea</s>, I have <sn="7121">called</s> him: I have <sn="935">brought</s> him, and he shall make his <sn="1870">way</s><sn="6743">prosperous</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Come ye <sn="7126">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="8085">hear</s> ye <sn="2063">this</s>; I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1696">spoken</s> in <sn="5643">secret</s> from the <sn="4480 7218">beginning</s>; from the <sn="4480 6256">time</s> that it <sn="1961">was</s>, <sn="8033">there</s> am <sn="589">I</s>: and <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, and his <sn="7307">Spirit</s>, hath <sn="7971">sent</s> me. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, thy <sn="1350">Redeemer</s>, the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">Lord</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> which <sn="3925">teacheth</s> thee to <sn="3276">profit</s>, which <sn="1869">leadeth</s> thee by the <sn="1870">way</s> that thou shouldest <sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>O <sn="3863">that</s> thou hadst <sn="7181">hearkened</s> to my <sn="4687">commandments</s>! then had thy <sn="7965">peace</s><sn="1961">been</s> as a <sn="5104">river</s>, and thy <sn="6666">righteousness</s> as the <sn="1530">waves</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>: </v>
<vn='19'>Thy <sn="2233">seed</s> also had <sn="1961">been</s> as the <sn="2344">sand</s>, and the <sn="6631">offspring</s> of thy <sn="4578">bowels</s> like the <sn="4579">gravel</s> thereof; his <sn="8034">name</s> should <sn="3808">not</s> have been cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8045">destroyed</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>Go ye <sn="3318">forth</s> of <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>, <sn="1272">flee</s> ye from the <sn="4480 3778">Chaldeans</s>, with a <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="7440">singing</s><sn="5046">declare</s> ye, <sn="8085">tell</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="3318">utter</s> it even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="7097">end</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>; <sn="559">say</s> ye, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1350">redeemed</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="6770">thirsted</s><sn="3808">not</s> when he <sn="1980">led</s> them through the <sn="2723">deserts</s>: he caused the <sn="4325">waters</s> to <sn="5140">flow</s> out of the <sn="4480 6697">rock</s> for them: he <sn="1234">cleaved</s> the <sn="6697">rock</s> also, and the <sn="4325">waters</s> gushed <sn="2100">out</s>. </v>
<vn='22'> There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="7965">peace</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, unto the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>