Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who call yourselves by the name of Israel, those that are come forth out of the waters of Judah, those who swear by the name of the LORD and make mention of the God of Israel, <em>but</em> not in truth, nor in righteousness.
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“Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORDand invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—
2 For they call themselves of the holy city and stay themselves upon the God of Israel. The LORD of the hosts <em>is</em> his name.
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you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the LORD Almighty is his name:
3 That which happened, I have already declared many days ago; and it went forth out of my mouth, and I published it; I did <em>it</em> suddenly, and it came to pass.
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I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 Because I know that thou <em>art</em> obstinate, and thy neck <em>is</em> an iron sinew, and thy brow bronze;
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For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.
5 I have already declared it many days ago; before it came to pass I showed <em>it to</em> thee: lest thou should say, My idol has done it, my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded these things.
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Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 Thou hast heard it, thou hast seen it all; and will ye not declare <em>it</em>? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
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You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created now, and not in days past; nor before this day hast thou heard them lest thou should say, Behold, I knew them.
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They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’
8 Certainly thou hast never heard this; certainly thou hast never known this; certainly thine ear was never before opened: for I knew that being unfaithful thou would disobey; therefore, I called thee a rebel from the womb.
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You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth.
9 For my name’s sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will wait patiently for thee that I not cut thee off.
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For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, <em>even</em> for mine own sake, I will do <em>it</em>, for how should <em>my name</em> be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
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For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I <em>am</em> he; I <em>am</em> the first, I also <em>am</em> the last.
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“Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.
13 Certainly my hand founded the earth, and my right hand measured the heavens with the palm; as I named them, they appeared together.
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My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; who is there among them that declares these <em>things</em>? The LORD has loved him, the one who will execute his will on Babylon and his arm <em>upon</em> the Chaldeans.
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“Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.
15 I, <em>even</em> I, have spoken; I have called him: I have brought him, and therefore his way shall be prospered.
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I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission.
16 Come near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was done, I was there: and now the LORD God has sent me and his Spirit.
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“Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.
17 Thus has the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel said: I <em>am</em> the LORD thy God who teaches thee to profit, who causes thee to walk by the way <em>in which</em> thou dost walk.
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This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
18 O that thou would look unto my commandments! Then thy peace would be as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.
19 Thy seed would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name would never be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
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Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Come out of Babylon, flee from among the Chaldeans. Give news of this with a voice of joy; publish this; take this <em>news</em> to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his slave Jacob.
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Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
21 And they did not thirst <em>when</em> he led them through the deserts; he caused water to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
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They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.
22 <em>There is</em> no peace for the wicked, said the LORD.
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“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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