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."

1 [Audite hc, domus Jacob,qui vocamini nomine Isral,et de aquis Juda existis ;qui juratis in nomine Domini,et Dei Isral recordamininon in veritate neque in justitia.2 De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt,et super Deum Isral constabiliti sunt :Dominus exercituum nomen ejus.3 Priora ex tunc annuntiavi,et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea :repente operatus sum, et venerunt.4 Scivi enim quia durus es tu,et nervus ferreus cervix tua,et frons tua rea.5 Prdixi tibi ex tunc ;antequam venirent, indicavi tibi,ne forte diceres : Idola mea fecerunt hc,et sculptilia mea et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.6 Qu audisti, vide omnia ;vos autem, num annuntiastis ?Audita feci tibi nova ex tunc,et conservata sunt qu nescis.7 Nunc creata sunt et non ex tunc ;et ante diem, et non audisti ea,ne forte dicas : Ecce ego cognovi ea.8 Neque audisti, neque cognovisti,neque ex tunc aperta est auris tua :scio enim quia prvaricans prvaricaberis,et transgressorem ex utero vocavi te.9 Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum,et laude mea infrenabo te,ne intereas.10 Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum ;elegi te in camino paupertatis.11 Propter me, propter me faciam,ut non blasphemer ;et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.12 Audi me, Jacob,et Isral, quem ego voco :ego ipse, ego primus,et ego novissimus.13 Manus quoque mea fundavit terram,et dextera mea mensa est clos ;ego vocabo eos,et stabunt simul.14 Congregamini, omnes vos, et audite :quis de eis annuntiavit hc ?Dominus dilexit eum, faciet voluntatem suam in Babylone,et brachium suum in Chaldis.15 Ego, ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum ;adduxi eum, et directa est via ejus.16 Accedite ad me et audite hoc :non a principio in abscondito locutus sum :ex tempore antequam fieret, ibi eram :et nunc Dominus Deus misit me,et spiritus ejus.17 Hc dicit Dominus, redemptor tuus,Sanctus Isral :Ego Dominus Deus tuus,docens te utilia,gubernans te in via qua ambulas.18 Utinam attendisses mandata mea :facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua,et justitia tua sicut gurgites maris :19 et fuisset quasi arena semen tuum,et stirps uteri tui ut lapilli ejus ;non interisset et non fuisset attritumnomen ejus a facie mea.20 Egredimini de Babylone, fugite a Chaldis,in voce exsultationis annuntiate :auditum facite hoc,et efferte illud usque ad extrema terr.Dicite : Redemit Dominusservum suum Jacob.21 Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos :aquam de petra produxit eis,et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aqu.22 Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.]