Yasha'Yahu (Isaiah) — 48
Yashar'AL Refined for ALUAH’s Kabad
1 “Hear this, O house of Ya'aqub, who are called by the name of Yashar'AL, and have come forth from the wellsprings of Yahudah; Who swear by the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, and make mention of the 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH of Yashar'AL, But not in truth or in righteousness;
2 For they call themselves after the Qadash city, and lean on the 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH of Yashar'AL; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut is His Name:
3 “I have declared the former things from the beginning; they went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it, Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, and your neck was an iron sinew, and your brow bronze,
5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, else you would say, ‘My idol has done them, and my carved image and my molded image have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard; See all this, and will you not declare it? I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have made you hear new things from this time, Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are created now and not from the beginning; and before this day you have not heard them, Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8 Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened, For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
9 “For My Name’s sake I will defer My anger, and for My Yadah I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, I will do it; For how should My Name be profaned? and I will not give My Kabad to another.
YAHUAH’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Yashar'AL
12 “Listen to Me, O Ya'aqub, and Yashar'AL, My called out ones: I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, I Am the First, I Am also the Last.
13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the Arath (earth), and My right hand has stretched out the Shamaym; When I call to them, they stand up together.
14 Have any of your idols ever told you this? Come all of you, and listen: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has chosen Cyrus as his ally. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylun and to destroy the Babylunian armies.
15 “I have said it: I am calling Cyrus! I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed.
16 Come closer, and listen to this, From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.” And now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut and His RUACH have sent me with this message.
17 This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar, your Redeemer, the Qadash One of Yashar'AL: “I Am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.
18 Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had Shalum flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
19 Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore, too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name.”
20 Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylun and the Babylunians. Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the Arath! 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has redeemed His servants, the people of Yashar'AL.
21 They were not thirsty when He led them through the desert, He divided the rock, and water gushed out for them to drink.
22 “But there is no Shalum for the wicked,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.