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| 1 Hear ye this–O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea, from the waters of Judah, came they forth,–Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance–Not in truth, nor in righteousness; |
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| 2 For, of the holy city, do they call themselves, And, on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves,–Yahweh of hosts, is his name. |
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| 3 Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea, out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known,–Suddenly, I wrought, and they came to pass. |
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| 4 Because I knew that–Obstinate, thou wast,–And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen, |
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| 5 Therefore told I thee–in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear,–Lest thou shouldest say–Mine idol, wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them! |
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| 6 Thou hast heard–see it, whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things–from the present time, Even secrets, which ye knew not. |
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| 7 Now, are they created, and, not in time past, And, before today, thou hadst not heard of them,–Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew them! |
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| 8 Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened,–For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea, a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called. |
Transgressor from the womb – The children of Adam are not in God's image, but love sin. R5286:5
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| 9 For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And, for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee,–So as not to cut thee off. |
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| 10 Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver,–I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction. |
Furnace – Figurative and symbolic of affliction, fiery trials, by which we are relined. R2971:2
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| 11 For mine own sake–for mine own sake, will I effectually work, For how should it be profaned? And, my glory–to another, will I not give. |
Not give my glory – Neither to Jews nor Gentiles, but keeps it for himself. R2126:4
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| 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, And Israel, my called one,–I, am, the Same, I, the first, yea, I, the last: |
Hearken unto me – Beginning a new subject from that of verses 9 to 11. R2126:4
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| 13 Surely, mine own hand, founded the earth, And, my right hand, stretched out the heavens,–While I, was calling, unto them, they stood forth, at once. |
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| 14 Assemble yourselves–all of you, and hear, Who among them, hath told these things? he whom Yahweh loveth, will execute–His pleasure, on Babylon, And his stroke, on the Chaldeans. |
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| 15 I–I, have spoken, Yea I have called him,–I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way. |
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| 16 Draw ye near unto me–hear ye this, Not in advance, in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I,–And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me, and his spirit. |
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| 17 Thus saith Yahweh–Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel,–I–Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go. |
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| 18 Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments,–Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea: |
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| 19 Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof,–Neither cut off nor destroyed, had been his name from before me. |
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| 20 Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye–let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth,–Say ye–Yahweh, hath redeemed, his servant Jacob! |
Go ye forth – The "wheat" will first all be separated from the "tares." R2538:1
Of Babylon – A reference to the restoration of the Jews from literal Babylon. R3643:1, R4893:4
The Lord now calls his people forth from mystic Babylon. R3643:4, R2538:1
Voice of singing – A writer describes it thus: "Forth from the gates of Babylon they rode to the sound of joyous music--a band of horsemen playing on flutes and tabrets, accompanied by their own 200 minstrels and 128 singers of the Temple." (Ezra 2:41-65) R3643:1, R4893:4
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| 21 And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them,–Yea be cleft a rock, and, there gushed out, waters: |
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| 22 No well-being, saith Yahweh, to the lawless. |
There is no peace – God is not favorable for peace at the present time and under present circumstances. SM457:T
There is no peace to any man out of Christ. R1841:1
The wicked are self-seeking and grasping; filled with anger if they cannot get what they want; with malice if they see someone enjoying what they cannot have. All these things indicate a lack of peace. R4818:2
Unto the wicked – Broadly, the entire human family; only a comparatively small number have ceased to be wicked. SM457:1
"The wicked are like the troubled sea" (Isa. 57:20), continually casting up mire and dirt. R4818:2
Man's true peace can be found only in harmony with his Creator. R1841:1
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