1 “Hear this, O house of Ya’aqoḇ, who are called by the name of Yisra’ĕl, and have come from the waters of Yahuḏah, who swear by the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and profess the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl – but not in truth or in righteousness –
2 for they call themselves after the qodesh city, and lean on the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl – 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts is His Name:
3 “I have declared the former from the beginning, and they went forth from My mouth, and I made you hear them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to be.
4 “Because I knew that you were hard, and your neck was an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze,
5 therefore I declared it to you long ago. Before it came I made you hear, lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my carved image and my moulded image commanded them.’
6 “You have heard, look at them all. And do you not declare it? From now on I shall make you hear new ones, even hidden ones, which you have not known.
7 “Now they shall be created and not long ago. And before this day you have not heard them, lest you should say, ‘Look, I knew them.’
8 “No, you have not heard; no, you have not known; no, from of old your ear has not been open. Because I knew that you are indeed treacherous, and are called ‘a transgressor from the womb.’
9 “For My Name’s sake I postponed My displeasure, and for My praise I held it back from you, so as not to cut you off.
10 “See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it. For how is it profaned? And My esteem I do not give to another.
12 “Listen to Me, O Ya’aqoḇ, and Yisra’ĕl, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
13 “Also, My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the shamayim. I call to them, let them stand together.
14 “All of you, gather yourselves, and hear! Who among them has declared these? 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 has loved him. Let him do His pleasure on Baḇel, and His arm be on the Kasdites.
15 “I, I have spoken, I have also called him, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, I was there. And now the Aḏon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 has sent Me, and His Ruaḥ.”
17 Thus said 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, your Redeemer, the Qadosh One of Yisra’ĕl, “I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim, teaching you what is best, leading you by the way you should go.
18 “If only you had listened to My Commands! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 “And your seed would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your inward parts like the grains of sand. His name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.
20 “Come out of Baḇel! Flee from the Kasdites! Declare this with a voice of singing, proclaim it, send it out to the end of the earth! Say, ‘𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 has redeemed His servant Ya’aqoḇ!’ ”
21 And they did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He caused waters from a rock to flow for them; He split the rock, and waters gushed out.
22 “There is no peace for the wicked,” said 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.”