Isaiah:43-44

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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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Fear not : for I am with thee : I will bring thy seed from the east , and gather thee from the west ma #arab #; * 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 ; * 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 . * Bring forth the blind people that have eyes , and the deaf that have ears . * 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 . * 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 . * I , even I , am the LORD ; and beside me there is no saviour . * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * I am the LORD , your Holy One , the creator of Israel Yisra #el #, your King . * Thus saith the LORD , which maketh a way in the sea , and a path in the mighty waters ; * 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 . * Remember ye not the former things ri #shown #, neither consider the things of old . * 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 . * 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 . * This people have I formed for myself ; they shall shew forth my praise . * But thou hast not called upon me , O Jacob Ya #aqob #; but thou hast been weary of me , O Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 . * 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 . * I , even I , am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake , and will not remember thy sins chatta #ah #. * Put me in remembrance : let us plead together : declare thou , that thou mayest be justified . * Thy first father hath sinned , and thy teachers have transgressed against me . * Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary , and have given Jacob to the curse , and Israel to reproaches . * Yet now hear , O Jacob my servant ; and Israel Yisra #el #, whom I have chosen : * Thus saith the LORD that made thee , and formed thee from the womb , which will help thee ; Fear not , O Jacob Ya #aqob #, my servant ; and thou , Jesurun , whom I have chosen . * For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty , and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my spirit upon thy seed , and my blessing upon thine offspring : * And they shall spring up as among the grass , as willows by the water courses . * One shall say , I am the LORDS ; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob Ya #aqob #; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD , and surname himself by the name of Israel Yisra #el #. * Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel Yisra #el #, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts ; I am the first ri #shown #, and I am the last ; and beside me there is no God . * And who , as I , shall call , and shall declare it , and set it in order for me , since I appointed the ancient people ? and the things that are coming , and shall come , let them shew unto them . * Fear ye not , neither be afraid (8676 ): have not I told thee from that time , and have declared it ? ye are even my witnesses . Is there a God beside me ? yea , here is no God ; I know not any . * They that make a graven image are all of them vanity ; and their delectable things shall not profit ; and they are their own witnesses ; they see not , nor know ; that they may be ashamed . * Who hath formed a god , or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing ? * Behold , all his fellows shall be ashamed : and the workmen , they are of men : let them all be gathered together , let them stand up ; yet they shall fear , and they shall be ashamed together . * The smith barzel # with the tongs both worketh in the coals , and fashioneth it with hammers , and worketh it with the strength of his arms : yea , he is hungry ra #eb #, and his strength faileth : he drinketh no water , and is faint . * The carpenter charash # stretcheth out his rule ; he marketh it out with a line ; he fitteth it with planes maqtsu #ah #, and he marketh it out with the compass , and maketh it after the figure of a man , according to the beauty of a man ; that it may remain in the house . * He heweth him down cedars , and taketh the cypress and the oak , which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest ya #ar #: he planteth an ash , and the rain doth nourish it . * Then shall it be for a man to burn : for he will take thereof , and warm himself ; yea , he kindleth it , and baketh bread ; yea , he maketh a god , and worshippeth it ; he maketh it a graven image , and falleth down thereto . * He burneth part thereof in the fire ; with part thereof he eateth flesh ; he roasteth roast , and is satisfied : yea , he warmeth himself , and saith , Aha , I am warm , I have seen the fire : * And the residue thereof he maketh a god , even his graven image : he falleth down unto it , and worshippeth it , and prayeth unto it , and saith , Deliver me ; for thou art my god . * They have not known nor understood : for he hath shut their eyes , that they cannot see ; and their hearts , that they cannot understand . * And none considereth in his heart , neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say , I have burned part of it in the fire ; yea , also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof ; I have roasted flesh , and eaten it : and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination tow #ebah #? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ? * He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside , that he cannot deliver his soul , nor say , Is there not a lie in my right hand ? * Remember these , O Jacob and Israel Yisra #el #; for thou art my servant : I have formed thee ; thou art my servant : O Israel Yisra #el #, thou shalt not be forgotten of me . * I have blotted out , as a thick cloud , thy transgressions , and , as a cloud , thy sins chatta #ah #: return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee . * Sing , O ye heavens ; for the LORD hath done it : shout , ye lower parts of the earth : break forth into singing , ye mountains , O forest ya #ar #, and every tree therein : for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob Ya #aqob #, and glorified himself in Israel Yisra #el #. * Thus saith the LORD , thy redeemer , and he that formed thee from the womb , I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself ; * That frustrateth the tokens of the liars , and maketh diviners mad ; that turneth wise men backward , and maketh their knowledge foolish ; * That confirmeth the word of his servant , and performeth the counsel of his messengers mal #ak #; that saith to Jerusalem , Thou shalt be inhabited ; and to the cities of Judah , Ye shall be built , and I will raise up the decayed places thereof : * That saith to the deep , Be dry , and I will dry up thy rivers : * That saith of Cyrus , He is my shepherd , and shall perform all my pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem , Thou shalt be built ; and to the temple , Thy foundation shall be laid . * Thus saith the LORD to his anointed , to Cyrus , whose right hand I have holden , to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings , to open before him the two leaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut ;

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