이사야 Chapter 48

Translation: ESV

1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

Key Message

There is a difference between religious form and genuine faith.

▸The contradiction of Israel: they swear by the name of the LORD, but there is 'not in truth or right.

The contradiction of Israel: they swear by the name of the LORD, but there is 'not in truth or right.' There is a religious outward form but no genuine inward sincerity. This is the theme of chapter 48.

Related Verses

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
10

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

Key Message

Trials are God's process of purification.

▸'The furnace of affliction'—Israel's captivity was a process of purification.

12

Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.

Key Message

The eternal God governs the first and the last of history.

▸'I am the first, and I am the last'—the third repetition after 44:6 and 41:4.

17

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: 'I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.'

Key Message

God's teaching is not oppression but for our benefit.

▸God's role as teacher: 'I teach you to profit and lead you in the way you should go.

22

'There is no peace,' says the LORD, 'for the wicked.'

Key Message

True peace comes only from a right relationship with God.

▸'There is no peace for the wicked'—the conclusion of chapter 48 and a refrain repeated in 57:21.