{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/48","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:24:24.589Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":48,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":47,"nextChapter":49,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm'shall be on the Chaldeans."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 48 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 48](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/48)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/48 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}