| 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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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 yest 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. |
