Isaiah:40-43
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Comfort ye ,
comfort ye my people ,
saith your God .
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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem ,
and cry unto her ,
that her warfare is accomplished ,
that her iniquity is pardoned :
for she hath received of the LORDS hand double for all her sins chatta #
ah #.
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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness ,
Prepare ye the way of the LORD ,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God .
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Every valley shall be exalted ,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low :
and the crooked shall be made straight ,
and the rough places plain biq #
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And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed ,
and all flesh shall see it together :
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
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The voice said ,
Cry .
And he said ,
What shall I cry ?
All flesh is grass ,
and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field :
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The grass withereth ,
the flower fadeth :
because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it :
surely the people is grass .
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The grass withereth ,
the flower fadeth :
but the word of our God shall stand for ever .
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O Zion ,
that bringest good tidings ,
get thee up into the high mountain ;
O Jerusalem ,
that bringest good tidings ,
lift up thy voice with strength ;
lift it up ,
be not afraid ;
say unto the cities of Judah ,
Behold your God !
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Behold ,
the Lord GOD will come with strong hand ,
and his arm shall rule for him :
behold ,
his reward is with him ,
and his work before him .
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He shall feed his flock like a shepherd :
he shall gather the lambs with his arm ,
and carry them in his bosom ,
and shall gently lead those that are with young .
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand sho #
al #,
and meted out heaven with the span ,
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure ,
and weighed the mountains in scales ,
and the hills in a balance mo #
zen #?
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD ,
or being his counsellor #
H6098hath taught him ?
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With whom took he counsel ,
and who instructed him ,
and taught him in the path of judgment ,
and taught him knowledge da #
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and shewed to him the way of understanding ?
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Behold ,
the nations are as a drop of a bucket ,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance mo #
zen #:
behold ,
he taketh up the isles as a very little thing .
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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn ,
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering .
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All nations before him are as nothing ;
and they are counted to him less than nothing ,
and vanity .
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To whom then will ye liken God ?
or what likeness will ye compare unto him ?
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The workman melteth a graven image ,
and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold ,
and casteth silver chains .
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He that is so impoverished (
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that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot ;
he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image ,
that shall not be moved .
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Have ye not known ?
have ye not heard ?
hath it not been told you from the beginning ro #
sh #?
have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ?
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth ,
and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ;
that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain ,
and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in :
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That bringeth the princes to nothing ;
he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity .
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Yea ,
they shall not be planted ;
yea ,
they shall not be sown :
yea ,
their stock shall not take root in the earth :
and he shall also blow upon them ,
and they shall wither ,
and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble .
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To whom then will ye liken me ,
or shall I be equal ?
saith the Holy One .
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Lift up your eyes on high ,
and behold who hath created these things ,
that bringeth out their host by number :
he callet them all by names by the greatness of his might ,
for that he is strong in power ;
not one faileth .
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Why sayest thou ,
O Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and speakest ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #,
My way is hid from the LORD ,
and my judgment is passed over from my God ?
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Hast thou not known ?
hast thou not heard ,
that the everlasting God ,
the LORD ,
the Creator of the ends of the earth ,
fainteth not ,
neither is weary ?
there is no searching of his understanding .
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He giveth power to the faint ya #@
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and to them that have no might he increaseth strength .
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Even the youths shall faint and be weary ,
and the young men shall utterly fall :
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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength ;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles ;
they shall run ,
and not be weary ;
and they shall walk ,
and not faint .
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Keep silence before me ,
O islands ;
and let the people renew their strength :
let them come near ;
then let them speak :
let us come near together to judgment .
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Who raised up the righteous man from the east ,
called him to his foot ,
gave the nations before him ,
and made him rule over kings ?
he gave them as the dust to his sword ,
and as driven stubble to his bow .
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He pursued them ,
and passed safely ;
even by the way that he had not gone with his feet .
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Who hath wrought and done it ,
calling the generations from the beginning ro #
sh #?
I the LORD ,
the first ri #
shown #,
and with the last ;
I am he .
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The isles saw it ,
and feared ;
the ends of the earth were afraid ,
drew near ,
and came .
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They helped every one his neighbour ;
and every one said to his brother ,
Be of good courage .
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So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith ,
and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil pa #
am #,
saying ,
It is ready for the sodering :
and he fastened it with nails ,
that it should not be moved .
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But thou ,
Israel Yisra #
el #,
art my servant ,
Jacob whom I have chosen ,
the seed of Abraham my friend .
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Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth ,
and called thee from the chief men thereof ,
and said unto thee ,
Thou art my servant ;
I have chosen thee ,
and not cast thee away .
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Fear thou not ;
for I am with thee :
be not dismayed ;
for I am thy God :
I will strengthen thee ;
yea ,
I will help thee ;
yea ,
I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness .
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Behold ,
all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded :
they shall be as nothing ;
and they that strive with thee shall perish .
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Thou shalt seek them ,
and shalt not find them ,
even them that contended with thee :
they that war against thee shall be as nothing ,
and as a thing of nought .
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For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand ,
saying unto thee ,
Fear not ;
I will help thee .
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Fear not ,
thou worm Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and ye men of Israel Yisra #
el #;
I will help thee ,
saith the LORD ,
and thy redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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Behold ,
I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth :
thou shalt thresh the mountains ,
and beat them small ,
and shalt make the hills as chaff .
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Thou shalt fan them ,
and the wind shall carry them away ,
and the whirlwind shall scatter them :
and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD ,
and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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When the poor and needy seek water ,
and there is none ,
and their tongue faileth for thirst ,
I the LORD will hear them ,
I the God of Israel will not forsake them .
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I will open rivers in high places ,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys biq #
ah #:
I will make the wilderness a pool of water ,
and the dry land springs of water .
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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar ,
the shittah tree ,
and the myrtle ,
and the oil tree ;
I will set in the desert the fir tree ,
and the pine ,
and the box tree together :
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That they may see ,
and know ,
and consider ,
and understand together ,
that the hand of the LORD hath done this ,
and the Holy One of Israel hath created it .
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Produce your cause ,
saith the LORD ;
bring forth your strong reasons ,
saith the King of Jacob Ya #
aqob #.
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Let them bring them forth ,
and shew us what shall happen :
let them shew the former things ri #
shown #,
what they be ,
that we may consider them ,
and know the latter end of them ;
or declare us things for to come .
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Shew the things that are to come hereafter ,
that we may know that ye are gods :
yea ,
do good ,
or do evil ,
that we may be dismayed ,
and behold it together .
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Behold ,
ye are of nothing ,
and your work of nought :
an abomination is he that chooseth you .
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I have raised up one from the north ,
and he shall come :
from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name :
and he shall come upon princes as upon morter ,
and as the potter treadeth clay .
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Who hath declared from the beginning ro #
sh #,
that we may know ?
and beforetime ,
that we may say ,
He is righteous ?
yea ,
there is none that sheweth ,
yea ,
there is none that declareth ,
yea ,
there is none that heareth your words .
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The first shall say to Zion ,
Behold ,
behold them :
and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings .
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For I beheld ,
and there was no man ;
even among them ,
and there was no counsellor ,
that ,
when I asked of them ,
could answer a word .
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Behold ,
they are all vanity ;
their works are nothing :
their molten images are wind and confusion .
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Behold my servant ,
whom I uphold ;
mine elect ,
in whom my soul delighteth ;
I have put my spirit upon him :
he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles .
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He shall not cry ,
nor lift up ,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street .
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A bruised reed shall he not break ,
and the smoking flax shall he not quench :
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth .
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged ,
till he have set judgment in the earth :
and the isles shall wait for his law .
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Thus saith God the LORD ,
he that created the heavens ,
and stretched them out ;
he that spread forth the earth ,
and that which cometh out of it ;
he that giveth breath unto the people upon it ,
and spirit to them that walk therein :
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I the LORD have called thee in righteousness ,
and will hold thine hand ,
and will keep thee ,
and give thee for a covenant of the people ,
for a light of the Gentiles ;
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To open the blind eyes ,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison ,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house .
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I am the LORD :
that is my name :
and my glory will I not give to another ,
neither my praise to graven images .
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Behold ,
the former things are come to pass ,
and new things do I declare :
before they spring forth I tell you of them .
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Sing unto the LORD a new song ,
and his praise from the end of the earth ,
ye that go down to the sea ,
and all that is therein ;
the isles ,
and the inhabitants thereof .
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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice ,
the villages that Kedar doth inhabit :
let the inhabitants of the rock sing ,
let them shout from the top of the mountains .
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Let them give glory unto the LORD ,
and declare his praise in the islands .
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The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man ,
he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war :
he shall cry ,
yea ,
roar ;
he shall prevail against his enemies .
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I have long time holden my peace ;
I have been still ,
and refrained myself :
now will I cry like a travailing woman ;
I will destroy (
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and devour at once .
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I will make waste mountains and hills gib #
ah #,
and dry up all their herbs ;
and I will make the rivers islands ,
and I will dry up the pools .
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And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known :
I will make darkness light before them ,
and crooked things straight .
These things will I do unto them ,
and not forsake them .
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They shall be turned back ,
they shall be greatly ashamed ,
that trust in graven images ,
that say to the molten images ,
Ye are our gods .
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Hear ,
ye deaf ;
and look ,
ye blind ,
that ye may see .
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Who is blind ,
but my servant ?
or deaf ,
as my messenger that I sent ?
who is blind as he that is perfect ,
and blind as the LORDS servant ?
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Seeing (
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many things ,
but thou observest not ;
opening the ears ,
but he heareth not .
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness sake ;
he will magnify the law ,
and make it honourable .
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But this is a people robbed and spoiled ;
they are all of them snared in holes ,
and they are hid in prison houses :
they are for a prey ,
and none delivereth ;
for a spoil ,
and none saith ,
Restore .
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Who among you will give ear to this ?
who will hearken and hear for the time to come ?
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil m @,
and Israel to the robbers ?
did not the LORD ,
he against whom we have sinned ?
for they would not walk in his ways ,
neither were they obedient unto his law .
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Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger ,
and the strength of battle :
and it hath set him on fire round about ,
yet he knew not ;
and it burned him ,
yet he laid it not to heart .
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But now thus saith the LORD that created thee ,
O Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and he that formed thee ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #,
Fear not :
for I have redeemed thee ,
I have called thee by thy name ;
thou art mine .
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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 Yisra #
el #,
thy Saviour :
I gave Egypt for thy ransom ,
Ethiopia and Seba for thee .
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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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Fear not :
for I am with thee :
I will bring thy seed from the east ,
and gather thee from the west ma #
arab #;
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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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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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Bring forth the blind people that have eyes ,
and the deaf that have ears .
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Let all the nations be gathered together ,
and let the people be assembled :
who among them can declare this ,
and shew us former things ri #
shown #?
let them bring forth their witnesses ,
that they may be justified :
or let them hear ,
and say ,
It is truth .
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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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I ,
even I ,
am the LORD ;
and beside me there is no saviour .
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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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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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Thus saith the LORD ,
your redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
el #;
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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I am the LORD ,
your Holy One ,
the creator of Israel Yisra #
el #,
your King .
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Thus saith the LORD ,
which maketh a way in the sea ,
and a path in the mighty waters ;
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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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Remember ye not the former things ri #
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neither consider the things of old .
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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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The beast of the field shall honour me ,
the dragons and the owls bath #
ya #
anah #:
because I give waters in the wilderness ,
and rivers in the desert ,
to give drink to my people ,
my chosen .
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This people have I formed for myself ;
they shall shew forth my praise .
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But thou hast not called upon me ,
O Jacob Ya #
aqob #;
but thou hast been weary of me ,
O Israel Yisra #
el #.
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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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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 chatta #
ah #,
thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities .
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I ,
even I ,
am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake ,
and will not remember thy sins chatta #
ah #.
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Put me in remembrance :
let us plead together :
declare thou ,
that thou mayest be justified .
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Thy first father hath sinned ,
and thy teachers have transgressed against me .
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Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary ,
and have given Jacob to the curse ,
and Israel to reproaches .
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Yet now hear ,
O Jacob my servant ;
and Israel Yisra #
el #,
whom I have chosen :
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