「耶和華說，惡人必不得平安！」（22節）

經文
以賽亞書四十八12-22

12雅各─我所選召的以色列啊，當聽我言：我是耶和華，我是首先的，也是末後的。

13我手立了地的根基；我右手鋪張諸天；我一招呼便都立住。

14你們都當聚集而聽，他們（或譯：偶像）內中誰說過這些事？耶和華所愛的人必向巴比倫行他所喜悅的事；他的膀臂也要加在迦勒底人身上。

15惟有我曾說過，我又選召他，領他來，他的道路就必亨通。

16你們要就近我來聽這話：我從起頭並未曾在隱密處說話；自從有這事，我就在那裡。現在，主耶和華差遣我和他的靈來（或譯：耶和華和他的靈差遣我來）。

17耶和華─你的救贖主，以色列的聖者如此說：我是耶和華─你的神，教訓你，使你得益處，引導你所當行的路。

18甚願你素來聽從我的命令！你的平安就如河水；你的公義就如海浪。

19你的後裔也必多如海沙；你腹中所生的也必多如沙粒。他的名在我面前必不剪除，也不滅絕。

20你們要從巴比倫出來，從迦勒底人中逃脫，以歡呼的聲音傳揚說：耶和華救贖了他的僕人雅各！你們要將這事宣揚到地極。

21耶和華引導他們經過沙漠。他們並不乾渴；他為他們使水從磐石而流，分裂磐石，水就湧出。

22耶和華說：惡人必不得平安！

" 'There is no peace,' says the Lord, 'for the wicked.' " (v.22)

Bible reading:
Isaiah 48:12-22

12 "Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.

13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.

14 "Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The Lord's chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]

15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission.

16 "Come near me and listen to this: "From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there." And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.

17 This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.

18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.

19 Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me."

20 Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, "The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob."

21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.

22 "There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked."