1 God says, People from Jacob and Israel, listen. You say, We are God’s. But you do not tell the truth. ️ 2 You say, We live in the holy city. You say, We trust the Lord. But your heart is not true. ️ 3 Long ago I told you what would happen. Then I made it happen fast. ⚡ 4 I know you are hard. Your neck is like iron. You will not bend. 5 I told you first, so you would not say, My idol did it. My statue did it. ❌ 6 You heard this. Look and see it is true. Now I tell new things. You did not know them before. 7 These new things are made now. You did not hear them before. You can not say, I knew it. ⏰♂️ 8 You did not listen. I knew you would not. From baby time you did wrong. 9 For My name I wait. I hold My anger back. I do not cut you off. ️⏳ 10 I made you clean in hard time, like a hot fire. 11 I do this for Me, for My name. I will not give My praise to an idol. ✨♀️ 12 God says, Jacob and Israel, listen to Me. I am the First. I am the Last. ️️ 13 I made the earth. I made the sky. I call them, and they stand. ✋ 14 All of you, come and hear. I, God, chose a man. He will beat Babylon and the Chaldeans. 15 I, the Lord, spoke. I called him. I will help him win the way I choose. ️➡️ 16 Come near to Me and hear. I did not hide My words. From the start I was there. Now the Lord God sent me, and God's Holy Spirit. ️️ 17 God says, I am the Lord, your saver, the holy God of Israel. I teach you what is good. I lead you in the way you should go. ➡️ 18 I wish you kept My rules! Then you would have peace like a big river, and good like sea waves. 19 Your kids would be many, like sand. Your name would not be cut off. ️ 20 Go out of Babylon! Run from the Chaldeans! Tell the good news with joy. Say, God saved Jacob! ♂️ 21 He led them in the wild land. They did not thirst. He made water come from a rock. He split the rock, and water ran. ♀️ 22 God says, There is no peace for bad people. ❌️