1 Ouvi isto, casa de Jacó, que vos chamais pelo nome de Israel e saístes da linhagem de Judá, que jurais pelo nome do Senhor e confessais o Deus de Israel, mas não em verdade nem em justiça. 2 (Da santa cidade tomam o nome e se firmam sobre o Deus de Israel, cujo nome é Senhor dos Exércitos.) 3 As primeiras coisas, desde a antiguidade, as anunciei; sim, pronunciou-as a minha boca, e eu as fiz ouvir; de repente agi, e elas se cumpriram. 4 Porque eu sabia que eras obstinado, e a tua cerviz é um tendão de ferro, e tens a testa de bronze. 5 Por isso, to anunciei desde aquele tempo e to dei a conhecer antes que acontecesse, para que não dissesses: O meu ídolo fez estas coisas; ou: A minha imagem de escultura e a fundição as ordenaram. 6 Já o tens ouvido; olha para tudo isto; porventura, não o admites? Desde agora te faço ouvir coisas novas e ocultas, que não conhecias. 7 Apareceram agora e não há muito, e antes deste dia delas não ouviste, para que não digas: Eis que já o sabia. 8 Tu nem as ouviste, nem as conheceste, nem tampouco antecipadamente se te abriram os ouvidos, porque eu sabia que procederias mui perfidamente e eras chamado de transgressor desde o ventre materno. 9 Por amor do meu nome, retardarei a minha ira e por causa da minha honra me conterei para contigo, para que te não venha a exterminar. 10 Eis que te acrisolei, mas disso não resultou prata; provei-te na fornalha da aflição. 11 Por amor de mim, por amor de mim, é que faço isto; porque como seria profanado o meu nome? A minha glória, não a dou a outrem.

12 Dá-me ouvidos, ó Jacó, e tu, ó Israel, a quem chamei; eu sou o mesmo, sou o primeiro e também o último. 13 Também a minha mão fundou a terra, e a minha destra estendeu os céus; quando eu os chamar, eles se apresentarão juntos. 14 Ajuntai-vos, todos vós, e ouvi! Quem, dentre eles, tem anunciado estas coisas? O Senhor amou a Ciro e executará a sua vontade contra a Babilônia, e o seu braço será contra os caldeus. 15 Eu, eu tenho falado; também já o chamei. Eu o trouxe e farei próspero o seu caminho. 16 Chegai-vos a mim e ouvi isto: não falei em segredo desde o princípio; desde o tempo em que isso vem acontecendo, tenho estado lá. Agora, o Senhor Deus me enviou a mim e o seu Espírito.

17 Assim diz o Senhor, o teu Redentor, o Santo de Israel: Eu sou o Senhor, o teu Deus, que te ensina o que é útil e te guia pelo caminho em que deves andar. 18 Ah! Se tivesses dado ouvidos aos meus mandamentos! Então, seria a tua paz como um rio, e a tua justiça, como as ondas do mar. 19 Também a tua posteridade seria como a areia, e os teus descendentes, como os grãos da areia; o seu nome nunca seria eliminado nem destruído de diante de mim.

20 Saí da Babilônia, fugi de entre os caldeus e anunciai isto com voz de júbilo; proclamai-o e levai-o até ao fim da terra; dizei: O Senhor remiu a seu servo Jacó. 21 Não padeceram sede, quando ele os levava pelos desertos; fez-lhes correr água da rocha; fendeu a pedra, e as águas correram. 22 Para os perversos, todavia, não há paz, diz o Senhor.

1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, 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; Jehovah of hosts is his name): 3 I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, 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 therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed 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 it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known. 7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst 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 as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. 14 Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform 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; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 Oh 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 grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 Go ye forth from 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, Jehovah 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 Jehovah, to the wicked.

1 "Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel — but not in truth or righteousness —

2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel — the LORD Almighty is his name:

3 I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

4 For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.

5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, 'My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.'

6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? "From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.

7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew of them.'

8 You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.

9 For my own name's sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.

10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.

12 "Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.

13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.

14 "Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD's chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians. [^1]

15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission.

16 "Come near me and listen to this: "From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there." And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.

17 This is what the LORD says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.

18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.

19 Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me."

20 Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, "The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob."

21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.

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