Daily Bible CEV July 12 Verses

The LORD Corrects His People

Isaiah 48 People of Israel, you come from Jacob's family

and the tribe of Judah.

You claim to worship me, the LORD God of Israel,

but you are lying.

²You call Jerusalem your home and say you depend on me,

the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel.

³Long ago I announced what was going to be,

then without warning, I made it happen.

⁴I knew you were stubborn and hardheaded.

⁵And I told you these things, so that when they happened

you would not say, "The idols we worship did this."

⁶You heard what I said, and you have seen it happen.

Now admit that it's true!

I will show you secrets you have never known.

⁷Today I am doing something new,

something you cannot say you have heard before.

⁸You have never been willing to listen to what I say;

from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel.

The LORD Warns Israel

⁹I, the LORD, am true to myself;

I will be praised

for not punishing and destroying you.

¹⁰I tested you in hard times just as silver is refined

in a heated furnace.

¹¹I did this because of who I am.

I refuse to be dishonored or share my praise

with any other god.

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