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