My Glory I Will Not Give to Another
“aHear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name Israel
And who came forth from the bloins of Judah,
Who cswear by the name of Yahweh
And bring to remembrance the God of Israel,
But not in truth or in drighteousness.
2 For they call themselves after the aholy city
And bare supported by the God of Israel;
Yahweh of hosts is His name.
3 I adeclared the former things long ago,
And they went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to be heard.
bSuddenly I acted, and they ccame to pass.
4 Because I know that you are astiff,
And your bneck is an iron sinew
And your cforehead bronze,
5 Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before they happened I caused them to be heard by you,
Lest you say, ‘My aidol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
6 You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I caused you to hear anew things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.
7 They are created now and not long ago;
And before today you have not heard them,
Lest you say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 Indeed, you have not aheard; indeed, you have not known.
Indeed, even from long ago your ear has not been open
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a btransgressor from the womb.
9 aFor the sake of My name I bdelay My anger,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but anot as silver;
I have tested you in the bfurnace of affliction.
11 aFor My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My bglory I will not give to another.
Yahweh Redeems Jacob
12 “Hear Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
aI am He, bI am the first, I am also the last.
13 Also, My hand afounded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I bcall to them, they stand together.
14 aAssemble, all of you, and hear!
bWho among them has declared these things?
Yahweh loves him; he will ccarry out His good pleasure on dBabylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have acalled him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
16 aDraw near to Me, hear this:
From the first I have bnot spoken in secret,
cFrom the time it took place, I was there.
So now dLord Yahweh has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
17 Thus says Yahweh, your aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who bleads you in the way you should go.
18 If only you had apaid attention to My commandments!
Then your bpeace would have been like a river,
And your crighteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 Your aseed would have been like the sand,
And the offspring from your loins like its grains;
bTheir name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”
20 aGo forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of bjoyful shouting, cause this to be heard,
cBring it forth to the end of the earth;
Say, “dYahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
21 And they did not athirst when He led them through the waste places.
He bmade the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock, and cthe water gushed forth.
22 “aThere is no peace for the wicked,” says Yahweh.