1 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at BibleStudyHeadquarters.com. You're listening 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,150 Speaker 1: to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge, 4 00:00:17,850 --> 00:00:21,989 Speaker 1: and today we're in Isaiah chapter 48, and we'll be 5 00:00:22,030 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: reading from the English Standard Version. Hear this, O house 6 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, 7 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:34,950 Speaker 1: and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear 8 00:00:35,010 --> 00:00:37,790 Speaker 1: by the name of the Lord and confess the God 9 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:41,900 Speaker 1: of Israel, but not in truth or right. For they 10 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,140 Speaker 1: call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on 11 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:49,419 Speaker 1: the God of Israel, the Lord of hosts is his name. 12 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:54,250 Speaker 1: The former things I declare of old. They went out 13 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:57,310 Speaker 1: from my mouth, and I announced them. Then suddenly I 14 00:00:57,370 --> 00:01:00,529 Speaker 1: did them, and they came to pass. because I know 15 00:01:00,620 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: that you are obstinate, and your neck is as an 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: iron sinew, and your forehead brass. I declared them to 17 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:13,020 Speaker 1: you from of old. Before they came to pass, I 18 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: announced them to you, lest you should say, My idol 19 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,340 Speaker 1: did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them. 20 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,300 Speaker 1: You have heard, now see all this, and will you 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,140 Speaker 1: not declare it? From this time forth I announce to 22 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: you new things, hidden things that you have not known. 23 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,110 Speaker 1: They are created now, not long ago. Before today you 24 00:01:39,190 --> 00:01:42,790 Speaker 1: have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, 25 00:01:43,130 --> 00:01:47,030 Speaker 1: I knew them. You have never heard. You have never known. 26 00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: From of old your ear has not been opened. For 27 00:01:52,090 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I knew that you would surely deal treacherously. and that 28 00:01:56,220 --> 00:02:00,890 Speaker 1: from before birth you were called a rebel. For my 29 00:02:00,950 --> 00:02:04,750 Speaker 1: name's sake I defer my anger. For the sake of 30 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:08,370 Speaker 1: my praise I restrain it for you, that I may 31 00:02:08,450 --> 00:02:13,450 Speaker 1: not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but 32 00:02:13,510 --> 00:02:17,019 Speaker 1: not as silver. I have tried you in the furnace 33 00:02:17,139 --> 00:02:21,419 Speaker 1: of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake 34 00:02:21,580 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: I do it. For how should my name be profaned? 35 00:02:25,990 --> 00:02:30,810 Speaker 1: My glory I will not give to another. Listen to me, 36 00:02:30,910 --> 00:02:34,620 Speaker 1: O Jacob, and Israel whom I called. I am he, 37 00:02:34,820 --> 00:02:38,260 Speaker 1: I am the first, and I am the last. My 38 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,380 Speaker 1: hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, 40 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:50,010 Speaker 1: they stand forth together. Assemble all of you and listen. 41 00:02:50,830 --> 00:02:54,609 Speaker 1: Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him. 42 00:02:55,030 --> 00:02:58,790 Speaker 1: He shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm 43 00:02:58,830 --> 00:03:03,389 Speaker 1: shall be against the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken 44 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:07,109 Speaker 1: and called him. I have brought him, and he will 45 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: prosper in his way. Draw near to me, hear this. 46 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,339 Speaker 1: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From 47 00:03:16,380 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: the time it came to be, I have been there. 48 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:22,900 Speaker 1: And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit. 49 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:28,470 Speaker 1: Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, 50 00:03:29,389 --> 00:03:32,530 Speaker 1: I am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit, 51 00:03:33,030 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: who leads you in the way you should go. Oh, 52 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: that you had paid attention to my commandments. Then your 53 00:03:40,860 --> 00:03:44,260 Speaker 1: peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness 54 00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:48,490 Speaker 1: like the waves of the sea. Your offspring would have 55 00:03:48,530 --> 00:03:52,730 Speaker 1: been like the sand, and your descendants like its grain's. 56 00:03:53,550 --> 00:03:56,530 Speaker 1: Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from 57 00:03:56,620 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: before me. Go out from Babylon. Flee from Chaldea. Declare 58 00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:06,100 Speaker 1: this with a shout of joy. Proclaim it. Send it 59 00:04:06,260 --> 00:04:09,820 Speaker 1: out to the end of the earth. Say, The Lord 60 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,350 Speaker 1: has redeemed his servant Jacob. They did not thirst when 61 00:04:14,390 --> 00:04:17,490 Speaker 1: he led them through the deserts. He made water flow 62 00:04:17,550 --> 00:04:20,450 Speaker 1: for them from the rock. He split the rock and 63 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:25,130 Speaker 1: the water gushed out. There is no peace, says the Lord, 64 00:04:25,710 --> 00:04:31,810 Speaker 1: for the wicked. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for 65 00:04:31,850 --> 00:04:33,700 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege to 66 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: be able to look at this portion of Scripture today. 67 00:04:36,820 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: We thank you, Lord, for the things that you reveal 68 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,660 Speaker 1: to us in it, the fact that your glory is 69 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: not something that's shared with idols or false gods, but 70 00:04:46,370 --> 00:04:50,330 Speaker 1: that you call people unto yourself, and by nature we 71 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:53,690 Speaker 1: tend to be stiff-necked against you. but you invite us 72 00:04:53,730 --> 00:04:57,230 Speaker 1: to repent of our unbelief and trust in you. Lord, 73 00:04:57,290 --> 00:04:59,690 Speaker 1: we know that we come to you through your Son, 74 00:04:59,770 --> 00:05:03,669 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, by the power of your Holy Spirit. And 75 00:05:03,730 --> 00:05:05,969 Speaker 1: even as we look at this chapter from the book 76 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:09,110 Speaker 1: of Isaiah, we're reminded of the fact that you are 77 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:12,850 Speaker 1: three in one and that you intervene in the lives 78 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:15,730 Speaker 1: of your children. So Lord, thank you for doing this. 79 00:05:15,950 --> 00:05:18,010 Speaker 1: Thank you for your love and thank you for your 80 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:20,870 Speaker 1: presence with us today. We commit this day to your 81 00:05:20,930 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: care and we thank you for all of these things 82 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,930 Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Amen.