"You have heard;lookat allthis. And you, will you not declareit? I proclaimto you newthingsfrom thistime,Even hiddenthingswhich you have not known.
Whois wise?Let him giveheedto thesethings,And considerthe lovingkindnessesof the LORD.
With my lipsI have toldof Allthe ordinancesof Your mouth.
O my threshed[people], and my afflictedof the threshingfloor!WhatI have heardfrom the LORDof hosts,The Godof Israel,I makeknownto you.
You have seenmanythings,but you do not observe[them]; [Your] earsare open,but nonehears.
"I am the LORD,that is My name;I will not giveMy gloryto another,NorMy praiseto gravenimages.
"Behold,the formerthingshave cometo pass,Now I declarenewthings;Beforethey springforthI proclaim[them] to you."
"Behold,I will dosomethingnew,Nowit will springforth;Will you not be awareof it? I will evenmakea roadwayin the wilderness,Riversin the desert.
"They are creatednowand not longago;And beforetodayyou have not heardthem, So that you will not say,'Behold,I knewthem.'
"O generation,heedthe wordof the LORD.Have I beena wildernessto Israel,Ora landof thickdarkness?Whydo My peoplesay,We [are free to] roam;We will nolongercometo You'?
Callto Me and I will answeryou, and I will tellyou greatand mightythings,which you do not know.'
"Declareand proclaimamong the nations.Proclaimit and liftup a standard.Do not conceal[it but] say,Babylonhas been captured,Belhas beenputto shame,Mardukhas beenshattered;Her imageshave beenputto shame,her idolshave beenshattered.'
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
The voiceof the LORDwill callto the city--And it is soundwisdomto fearYour name:"Hear,O tribe.Whohas appointedits time?
"WhatI tellyou in the darkness,speakin the light;and whatyou hear[whispered] in [your] ear,proclaimupon the housetops.
"No longerdo I callyou slaves,for the slavedoes not knowwhathis masteris doing;but I have calledyou friends,for all thingsthat I have heardfrom My FatherI have made knownto you.
but you will receivepowerwhen the HolySpirithas comeupon you; and you shall be My witnessesbothin Jerusalem,and in allJudeaand Samaria,and evento the remotest partof the earth."
but justas it is written,"THINGS WHICHEYEHAS NOT SEENAND EARHAS NOT HEARD,AND [which] HAVE NOT ENTEREDTHE HEARTOF MAN,ALLTHAT GODHAS PREPAREDFOR THOSEWHO LOVEHIM."
"Thereforewritethe things whichyou have seen,and the things whichare, and the things whichwill take placeafterthese things.
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a door[standing] openin heaven,and the firstvoicewhichI had heard,like[the sound] of a trumpetspeakingwith me, said,"Comeup here,and I will showyou whatmusttake placeafterthese things."
