Isaiah 48

Isaiah 48:7

They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

They, even those hidden things, are unexpectedly brought about, and were not revealed to thee beforehand; lest thou shouldest say, I foreknew them well enough.

Isaiah 48:8

And wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Thou wast a stubborn and rebellious people, even from my first dealings with thee; ever since I sequestered thee for my peculiar.

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

I have taken courses with thee, for thine amendment, not for thy destruction: I have tried thee with the fire of affliction, but not with so extreme a fire, as wherewith silver is tried; that would have burnt thee up, and not have refined thee: I have testified my choice and allowance of thee, upon this fiery trial.

Isaiah 48:20

Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth.

I will free you, O my people: behold, ye shall go forth of Babylon; ye shall be rescued from the hand of the Chaldees: go ye therefore from thence with triumph and exultation, and proclaim the great goodness of your God to all the world.