1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
9 For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
1 雅各家， 就是被称为以色列的， 从犹大的水源出来的， 指着耶和华的名起誓， 却不是出于诚实和公义， 提说以色列的 神的啊！ 你们要听这话。
2 他们被称为圣城的人， 又倚靠以色列的 神； 他的名字是万军之耶和华。
3 主说： "先前的事， 我从古时就预言过了， 已经从我的口里说出来了， 又说给人听了； 我忽然行事， 事情就都成就了。
4 因为我知道你是顽固的， 你的颈项是铁的， 你的额是铜的，
5 所以我从古时就告诉了你； 在事情还没有发生以前， 我就说给你听了， 免得你说： ‘这些事是我的偶像所作的， 是我的雕像和铸像所命定的。’
6 你已经听见了， 现在要注意这一切事。难道你不述说吗？从今以后， 我要把新的事， 就是你不知道的隐秘的事， 告诉你。
7 这些事是现在才造成的， 并不是从古时就有的； 在今天以前， 你还未曾听见过， 免得你说： ‘看哪！ 这些事我早已知道了。’
8 你从来没有听过， 也不知道； 你的耳朵从来未曾开通。我原知道你行事非常诡诈； 你自出母胎以来， 就被称为叛徒。
9 为了我的名的缘故， 我暂时不发怒； 为了我的名誉的缘故， 我向你忍耐； 不把你剪除。
10 看哪！ 我熬炼了你， 却不像熬炼银子； 你在苦难的炉中， 我拣选了你。
11 为了我自己的缘故， 我必作这事。我的名怎能被亵渎呢？我必不把我的荣耀归给别人。
12 "雅各， 我所呼召的以色列啊！ 你要听我的话。我就是‘那位’， 我是首先的， 也是末后的。
13 我的手奠定了大地的根基， 我的右手展开了诸天； 我一呼唤它们， 它们就一同站着侍候。
14 列国啊！ 你们都要集合起来听。他们中间有谁预言过这些事呢？耶和华爱他， 他必向巴比伦行他所喜悦的； 他的膀臂也必击打迦勒底人。
15 我亲自说过， 又呼召了他； 我带领了他来， 他所行的就必亨通。
16 你们要就近我， 当听这话： ‘从起初我就没有在隐密处说过话， 自从有这事情的存在， 我就在那里。’现在主耶和华差遣了我和他的灵。
17 耶和华你的救赎主， 以色列的圣者， 这样说： ‘我是耶和华你的 神， 是教导你， 使你得益处的， 是在你当行的道路上引导你的。
18 但愿你一向都留心听从我的命令， 这样你的平安就像河水滔滔， 你的公义就如海浪滚滚；
19 你的后裔必像海沙那么多， 你腹中的子孙要如沙粒这样多； 他们的名字必不会被剪除， 也不会从我面前消灭。
20 "你们要从巴比伦出来， 从迦勒底人中逃出来， 你们要用欢呼的声音宣告， 把这事说给人听， 你们要把这事宣扬出去， 直到地极， 说： ‘耶和华救赎了他的仆人雅各了。’
21 耶和华领他们走过荒野的时候， 他们并不干渴； 他为他们使水从磐石流出来。他裂开磐石， 水就涌出来。
22 耶和华说： ‘恶人没有平安。’"