1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.

6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.

7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.

15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.

16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

20 Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.

21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

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。’"