Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are comeforth out of the waters of Judah, whichswear by the name of the LORD, and makemention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
I haveevenfrom the beginningdeclared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lestthoushouldest say, Mineidolhathdonethem, and my gravenimage, and my moltenimage, hathcommandedthem.
Yea, thouheardest not; yea, thouknewest not; yea, fromthattimethatthine ear was not opened: for I knewthatthouwouldestdealverytreacherously, and wastcalled a transgressorfrom the womb.
All ye, assembleyourselves, and hear; whichamongthemhathdeclaredthesethings? The LORDhathloved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Come ye nearunto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secretfrom the beginning; from the timethat it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hathsent me.
Thussaith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God whichteacheththee to profit, whichleadeththee by the way thatthoushouldest go.
Thy seedalso had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowelslike the gravelthereof; his nameshould not havebeen cut off nor destroyedfrombefore me.
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singingdeclare ye, tellthis, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORDhathredeemed his servantJacob.
And theythirsted not when he led themthrough the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rockalso, and the watersgushed out.