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The Lord reveals His purposes to Israel—Israel has been chosen in the furnace of affliction and is to go forth from Babylon—Compare Isaiah 48. About 588-570 B.C.
a
Hearken
and
hear
this,
O
house
of
Jacob,
who
are
called
by
the
name
of
Israel,
and
are
come
forth
out
of
the
waters
of
Judah,
or
out
of
the
waters
of
b
baptism,
who
c
swear
by
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
make
mention
of
the
God
of
Israel,
yet
they
swear
d
not
in
truth
nor
in
righteousness.
2 Nevertheless,
they
call
themselves
of
the
a
holy
city,
but
they
do
b
not
stay
themselves
upon
the
God
of
Israel,
who
is
the
Lord
of
Hosts;
yea,
the
Lord
of
Hosts
is
his
name.
3 Behold,
I
have
declared
the
a
former
things
from
the
beginning;
and
they
went
forth
out
of
my
mouth,
and
I
showed
them.
I
did
show
them
suddenly.
4 And
I
did
it
because
I
knew
that
thou
art
obstinate,
and
thy
a
neck
is
an
iron
sinew,
and
thy
brow
brass;
5 And
I
have
even
from
the
beginning
declared
to
thee;
before
it
came
to
pass
I
a
showed
them
thee;
and
I
showed
them
for
fear
lest
thou
shouldst
say—Mine
idol
hath
done
them,
and
my
graven
image,
and
my
molten
image
hath
commanded
them.
6 Thou
hast
seen
and
heard
all
this;
and
will
ye
a
not
declare
them?
And
that
I
have
showed
thee
new
things
from
this
time,
even
hidden
things,
and
thou
didst
not
know
them.
7 They
are
created
now,
and
not
from
the
beginning,
even
before
the
day
when
thou
heardest
them
not
they
were
declared
unto
thee,
lest
thou
shouldst
say—Behold
I
knew
them.
8 Yea,
and
thou
heardest
not;
yea,
thou
knewest
not;
yea,
from
that
time
thine
ear
was
not
opened;
for
I
knew
that
thou
wouldst
deal
very
treacherously,
and
wast
called
a
a
transgressor
from
the
womb.
9 Nevertheless,
for
my
a
name's
sake
will
I
defer
mine
anger,
and
for
my
praise
will
I
refrain
from
thee,
that
I
cut
thee
not
off.
10 For,
behold,
I
have
refined
thee,
I
have
chosen
thee
in
the
furnace
of
a
affliction.
11 For
mine
own
sake,
yea,
for
mine
own
sake
will
I
do
this,
for
I
will
not
suffer
my
a
name
to
be
polluted,
and
I
will
b
not
give
my
glory
unto
another.
12 Hearken
unto
me,
O
Jacob,
and
Israel
my
called,
for
I
am
he;
I
am
the
a
first,
and
I
am
also
the
last.
13 Mine
hand
hath
also
a
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
and
my
right
hand
hath
spanned
the
heavens.
I
b
call
unto
them
and
they
stand
up
together.
14 All
ye,
assemble
yourselves,
and
hear;
who
among
them
hath
declared
these
things
unto
them?
The
Lord
hath
loved
him;
yea,
and
he
will
a
fulfil
his
word
which
he
hath
declared
by
them;
and
he
will
do
his
pleasure
on
b
Babylon,
and
his
arm
shall
come
upon
the
Chaldeans.
15 Also,
saith
the
Lord;
I
the
Lord,
yea,
I
have
spoken;
yea,
I
have
called
a
him
to
declare,
I
have
brought
him,
and
he
shall
make
his
way
prosperous.
16 Come
ye
near
unto
me;
I
have
not
spoken
in
a
secret;
from
the
beginning,
from
the
time
that
it
was
declared
have
I
spoken;
and
the
Lord
God,
and
his
b
Spirit,
hath
sent
me.
17 And
thus
saith
the
Lord,
thy
a
Redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel;
I
have
sent
him,
the
Lord
thy
God
who
teacheth
thee
to
profit,
who
b
leadeth
thee
by
the
way
thou
shouldst
go,
hath
done
it.
18 O
that
thou
hadst
hearkened
to
my
a
commandments—then
had
thy
b
peace
been
as
a
river,
and
thy
righteousness
as
the
waves
of
the
sea.
19 Thy
a
seed
also
had
been
as
the
sand;
the
offspring
of
thy
bowels
like
the
gravel
thereof;
his
name
should
not
have
been
cut
off
nor
destroyed
from
before
me.
20
a
Go
ye
forth
of
Babylon,
flee
ye
from
the
b
Chaldeans,
with
a
voice
of
singing
declare
ye,
tell
this,
utter
to
the
end
of
the
earth;
say
ye:
The
Lord
hath
redeemed
his
c
servant
Jacob.
21 And
they
a
thirsted
not;
he
led
them
through
the
deserts;
he
caused
the
waters
to
flow
out
of
the
b
rock
for
them;
he
clave
the
rock
also
and
the
waters
gushed
out.
22 And
notwithstanding
he
hath
done
all
this,
and
greater
also,
there
is
no
a
peace,
saith
the
Lord,
unto
the
wicked.
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