1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you…
2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city…
3I foretold the former things long ago; they…
4For I knew that you are stubborn; your…
5Therefore I declared it to you long ago;…
6You have heard these things; look at them…
7They are created now, and not long ago;…
8You have never heard; you have never understood;…
9For the sake of My name I will…
10See, I have refined you, but not as…
11For My own sake, My very own sake,…
12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom…
13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and…
14Come together, all of you, and listen: Which…
15I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have…
16Come near to Me and listen to this:…
17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy…
18If only you had paid attention to My…
19Your descendants would have been as countless as…
20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it…
21They did not thirst when He led them…
22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for…
