¹ “Hear this, house of Jacob, ² for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, ³ I have declared the former things from of old.
Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. ⁴ Because I knew that you are obstinate, ⁵ therefore I have declared it to you from of old; ⁶ You have heard it.
“I have shown you new things from this time, ⁷ They are created now, and not from of old. ⁸ Yes, you didn’t hear. ⁹ For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, ¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you, ¹¹ For my own sake, ¹² “Listen to me, O Jacob, ¹³ Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, ¹⁴ “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! ¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken.
Yes, I have called him. ¹⁶ “Come near to me and hear this:
“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; ¹⁷ The LORD,
“I am the LORD your God, ¹⁸ Oh that you had listened to my commandments! ¹⁹ Your offspring also would have been as the sand ²⁰ Leave Babylon! ²¹ They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. ²² “There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”