1 Listen to this, descendants of Jacob!
2 You call yourselves ⌞citizens⌟ of the holy city.
3 From the beginning I revealed to you what would happen.
4 I know that you are stubborn.
5 That is why I revealed to you what would happen long ago.
6 You’ve heard these words.
7 They are created now, not in the past.
8 You have never heard about them.
9 For my name’s sake I’ll be patient.
10 I have refined you,
11 I am doing this for myself, only for myself.
12 Listen to me, Jacob,
13 My hand laid the foundation of the earth.
14 Gather together, all of you, and listen.
15 I alone have spoken.
16 Come here. Listen to this:
17 This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says:
18 If only you had listened to my commands!
19 Your descendants would be like sand.
20 Leave Babylon; flee from the Babylonians!
21 They weren’t thirsty when he led them through the deserts.
22 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.