Isaiah:43-45
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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 #
shown #,
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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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 .
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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 :
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And they shall spring up as among the grass ,
as willows by the water courses .
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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 #.
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Who hath formed a god ,
or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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They have not known nor understood :
for he hath shut their eyes ,
that they cannot see ;
and their hearts ,
that they cannot understand .
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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 ?
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 #.
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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 ;
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That frustrateth the tokens of the liars ,
and maketh diviners mad ;
that turneth wise men backward ,
and maketh their knowledge foolish ;
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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 :
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That saith to the deep ,
Be dry ,
and I will dry up thy rivers :
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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 .
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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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I will go before thee ,
and make #
the crooked places straight (
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I will break in pieces the gates of brass ,
and cut in sunder the bars of iron :
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And I will give thee the treasures of darkness ,
and hidden riches of secret places ,
that thou mayest know that I ,
the LORD ,
which call thee by thy name ,
am the God of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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For Jacob my servants sake ,
and Israel mine elect ,
I have even called thee by thy name :
I have surnamed thee ,
though thou hast not known me .
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I am the LORD ,
and there is none else ,
there is no God beside me :
I girded thee ,
though thou hast not known me :
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That they may know from the rising of the sun ,
and from the west ma #
arab #,
that there is none beside me .
I am the LORD ,
and there is none else .
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I form the light ,
and create darkness :
I make peace ,
and create evil :
I the LORD do all these things .
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Drop down ,
ye heavens ,
from above ma #
al #,
and let the skies pour down righteousness :
let the earth open ,
and let them bring forth salvation ,
and let righteousness spring up together ;
I the LORD have created it .
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker !
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth .
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it ,
What makest thou ?
or thy work po #
al #,
He hath no hands ?
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Woe unto him that saith unto his father ,
What begettest thou ?
or to the woman ,
What hast thou brought forth ?
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Thus saith the LORD ,
the Holy One of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and his Maker ,
Ask me of things to come concerning my sons ,
and concerning the work of my hands command ye me .
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I have made the earth ,
and created man upon it :
I ,
even my hands ,
have stretched out the heavens ,
and all their host have I commanded .
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I have raised him up in righteousness ,
and I will direct all his ways :
he shall build my city ,
and he shall let go my captives ,
not for price nor reward ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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Thus saith the LORD ,
The labour of Egypt ,
and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans C @
ba #
iy #,
men of stature ,
shall come over unto thee ,
and they shall be thine :
they shall come after thee ;
in chains they shall come over ,
and they shall fall down unto thee ,
they shall make supplication unto thee ,
saying ,
Surely God is in thee ;
and there is none else ,
there is no God .
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Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself ,
O God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
the Saviour .
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They shall be ashamed ,
and also confounded ,
all of them :
they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols .
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But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation t @
shuw #
ah #:
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end .
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For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens ;
God himself that formed the earth and made it ;
he hath established it ,
he created it not in vain ,
he formed it to be inhabited :
I am the LORD ;
and there is none else .
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I have not spoken in secret ,
in a dark place of the earth :
I said not unto the seed of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
Seek ye me in vain :
I the LORD speak righteousness ,
I declare things that are right .
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Assemble yourselves and come ;
draw near together ,
ye that are escaped of the nations :
they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image ,
and pray unto a god that cannot save .
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Tell ye ,
and bring them near ;
yea ,
let them take counsel together :
who hath declared this from ancient time ?
who hath told it from that time ?
have not I the LORD ?
and there is no God else beside me ;
a just God and a Saviour ;
there is none beside me .
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Look unto me ,
and be ye saved ,
all the ends of the earth :
for I am God ,
and there is none else .
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I have sworn by myself ,
the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness ,
and shall not return ,
That unto me every knee shall bow ,
every tongue shall swear .
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Surely ,
shall one say ,
in the LORD have I righteousness and strength :
even to him shall men come ;
and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed .
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In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified ,
and shall glory .
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Bel boweth down ,
Nebo stoopeth ,
their idols were upon the beasts ,
and upon the cattle :
your carriages were heavy loaden ;
they are a burden to the weary beast .