10. Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11. I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own, for how can I be defiled?I will not give My glory to another.
12. “Listen to Me, Jacob,and Israel, the one called by Me:I am He; I am the first,I am also the last.
13. My own hand founded the earth,and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summoned them,they stood up together.
14. All of you, assemble and listen!Who among the idols has declared these things?The Lord loves him; he will accomplish His will against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15. I — I have spoken;yes, I have called him; I have brought him,and he will succeed in his mission.
16. Approach Me and listen to this.From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time anything existed, I was there.”And now the Lord Godhas sent me and His Spirit.
17. This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:I am Yahweh your God,who teaches you for your benefit,who leads you in the way you should go.
18. If only you had paid attention to My commands.Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.