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1 | But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he
that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed
thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. |
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2 | When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou
walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee. |
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3 | For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for
thee. |
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4 | Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been
honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men
for thee, and people for thy life. |
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5 | Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the
east, and gather thee from the west; |
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6 | I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not
back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends
of the earth; |
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7 | Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created
him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. |
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8 | Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that
have ears. |
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9 | Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people
be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us
former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they
may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. |
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10 | Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I
have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand
that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall
there be after me. |
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11 | I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. |
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12 | I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there
was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith the LORD, that I am God. |
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13 | Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can
deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? |
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14 | Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down
all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the
ships. |
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15 | I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your
King. |
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16 | Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path
in the mighty waters; |
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17 | Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the
power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they
are extinct, they are quenched as tow. |
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18 | Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things
of old. |
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19 | Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth;
shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert. |
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20 | The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the
owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in
the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. |
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21 | This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my
praise. |
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22 | But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been
weary of me, O Israel. |
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23 | Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt
offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices.
I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied
thee with incense. |
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24 | Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast
thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast
made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with
thine iniquities. |
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25 | I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine
own sake, and will not remember thy sins. |
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26 | Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou,
that thou mayest be justified. |
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27 | Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have
transgressed against me. |
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28 | Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and
have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. |
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