Isaiah:48-50

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* Hear ye this O house of Jacob , Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel , Yea from the waters of Judah , came they forth , Who swear by the name of Yahweh , And , by the God of Israel , call to remembrance Not in truth , nor in righteousness ; * For of the holy city , do they call themselves , And on the God of Israel , do they stay themselves , Yahweh of hosts , is his name . * Things in advance , of old , I declared , Yea out of mine own mouth , came they forth , that I might let them be known , Suddenly , I wrought and they came to pass . * Because I knew that Obstinate , thou wast , And , a sinew of iron , was thy neck , And thy brow , brazen , * therefore told I theein time past , Ere yet it came , I let thee hear , Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them , Yea , my carved image and my molten image , commanded them ! * Thou hast heardsee it whole , And will , ye , not tell ? I have let thee hear new thingsfrom the present time , Even secrets which ye knew not . * Now , are they created , and not in time past , And , before to-day , thou hadst not heard of them , Lest thou shouldest say , Lo ! I knew them ! * Nay ! thou hadst not heard , Nay ! thou hadst not known , Nay ! in time past , thine ear , was not opened , For I knew that thou , wouldst be treacherous , Yea a transgressor from birth , hast thou been called . * For the sake of mine own Name , will I defer mine anger , And for my praise , will I restrain myself towards thee , So as not to cut thee off . * Lo ! I have refined thee , but not as silver , I have tested thee , in a smelting-pot of affliction . * For mine own sakefor mine own sake , will I effectually work For how should it be profaned ? And , my gloryto another , will I not give . * Hearken unto me O Jacob , And Israel , my called one , I , am , the Same I , the first , yea , I , the last : * Surely , mine own hand , founded the earth , And , my right hand , stretched out the heavens , While I was calling unto them , they stood forth , at once * Assemble yourselvesall of you and hear , Who among them , hath told these things ? he whom Yahweh loveth , will execute His pleasure , on Babylon , And his stroke on the Chaldeans . * II , have spoken , Yea I have called him , I have brought him in , and he shall make prosperous his way . * Draw ye near unto mehear ye this , Not in advance in secret , have I spoken , From the very time it cometh into being , there , am I , And , now , My Lord Yahweh hath sent me and his spirit . * Thus saith Yahweh Thy Redeemer , The Holy One of Israel , IYahweh , am thy God , Teaching thee to profit , Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go . * Oh ! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments , Then had been , like a river , thy prosperity , And , thy righteousness , like the waves of the sea : * Then had been , like the sand , thy seed , And , the offspring of thy body , like the grains thereof , Neither cut off nor destroyed had been his name from before me . * Come ye forth out of Babylon , Flee from among the Chaldeans , With triumphant voice , tell yelet this be heard , Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth , Say ye Yahweh hath redeemed his servant Jacob ! * And they thirsted not , when , through dry places , he led them , Waters out of the rock , caused hero flow out to them , Yea be cleft a rock and , there gushed out waters : * No well-being , saith Yahweh to the lawless , * Hearken , ye Coastlands , unto me , And give ear ye peoples afar off , Yahweh , called me , from my birth , From my nativity , made he mention of my name ; * And he made my mouth , like a sharp sword , In the shadow of his hand , he concealed me , And made of me a polished arrow , In his quiver , he hid me ; * And said to me My Servant , thou art , Israel , in whom I will get myself glory . * But I , said , To no purpose , have I toiled , For waste and mistmy vigour , have I spent , Surely , my vindication , is , with , Yahweh , And , my recompence , with my God . * Now , therefore , said Yahweh Fashioning me from birth To be Servant to him , To restore Jacob unto him , And that , Israel , unto him , might be gathered And I be honourable in the eyes of Yahweh , And , my God , be proved to have been my strength , * Yea he said It is too small a thing , for being my Servant , That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob , And the preserved of Israel , shouldst restore , So I will give thee to become a light of nations , That , my salvation , may reach as far as the end of the earth . * Thus , saith Yahwehthe Redeemer of Israel , his Holy One To him that is despised of the soul , To the abhorred of the nation To the servant of rulers , Kings , shall see and arise , Princes , lo ! they have bowed themselves down , Because of Yahweh , who is faithful , The Holy One of Israel , lo ! he hath chosen thee . * Thus , saith Yahweh In a time of acceptance , have I answered thee , In a day of salvation , have I helped thee , That I may preserve thee And give thee as the covenant of a people , To establish the land , To bring into possession the desolate heritages ; * Saying To them who are hound Go forth , To them who are in darkness , Shew yourselves , By the roads , shall they graze , And on all bare places , shall be their pasture : * They shall neither hunger , nor thirst , Nor shall smite them the glowing sand , or the glaring sun , For , he that hath compassion upon them , will lead them , And unto springs of water , will he conduct them . * Then will I make of all my mountains , a road , And my highways , shall be upraised . * Lo ! these , from afar , shall come in , And lo ! these , from the North and from the West , And these , from the land of Sinim . * Shout in triumph O heavens ! And exult O earth ! And break forth , ye mountains , into shouts of triumph , For Yahweh hath comforted his people , And on his humbled ones , taketh he compassion . * But Zion had said . Yahweh hath forsaken me , Even , My Lord , hath forgotten me ! * Can , a woman , forget , her sucking child , Past taking compassion on the son of her womb ? Even these , may forget , Yet will , I , not forget , thee : * Lo ! on the palms of my hands , have portrayed thee , Thy walls are before me continually . * In haste are thy sons , They who have been tearing thee down and laying thee waste , out of thee , let them go forth ! * Lift up , round about , thine eyes and see , All those , have gathered themselves togetherhave come to thee ! As I live , Declareth Yahweh , Surely all those as an ornament , shalt thou put on , And bind them about thee for a girdle as a bride . * Surely , as for thy wastes , and thy desolations , and thy land of ruins , Surely , now , shalt thou be too strait for thine inhabitants , And , far off , shall be they who have been swallowing thee up . * The children of whom thou wast bereaved shall yet say in thine ears , Too strait for me , is the place Make room for me that I may settle down . * Then shalt thou say in thy heart , Who hath borne me , these , Seeing , I , have been bereaved and unfruitful , a captive and banished , These , therefore , who hath brought them up ? Lo ! I , was left , alone , These , where were they . * Thus , saith My Lord , Yahweh Lo ! I will lift up , unto nations my hand , Yea unto peoples , will I raise high my banner , And they shall bring in thy sons in their bosom , And , thy daughters , on the shoulder shall be borne ; * And , kings , shall be , thy foster-fathers . And their queens , thy nursing mothers , With face to the ground , shall they bow down to thee , The dust of thy feet , shall they lick , So shalt thou know that , I , am Yahweh , In that , they shall not be put to shame , Who were waiting for me . * Shall prey , be taken from a mighty one ? Or the captive of one in the right , be delivered ? * Surely , thus , saith Yahweh Even the captive of the mighty one , shall be taken away , And the prey of the tyrant , be delivered ; And thine opposers , I , will oppose , And thy children , I , will save ; * Then will I feed thy tormentors with their own flesh , And as with new winewith their own blood , shall they be drunk , So shall all flesh , know , that , IYahweh , am thy Saviour , And , thy Redeemer , is the Mighty One of Jacob . * Thus , saith Yahweh Where then is the set , oil of your mothers divorce , whom I have put away ? Or , which of my creditors , is it to whom I have sold you ? Lo ! for your iniquities , have ye been sold , And for your transgressions , hath your mother been put away . * Wherefore , When I came in , was there no one ? When I called , was there none to answer ? Is mine own hand , really shortened , that it cannot redeem ? Or is there not , in me , strength to deliver ? Lo ! by my rebuke , I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert , Their fish Stinketh , for want of water , Yea dieth , for thirst : * I clothe the heavens with gloom , And , of sackcloth , make I their covering . * My Lord Yahweh , hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed , That I should know how to succour the fainting , with discourse , He kept wakeningmorning by morning . He kept wakening mine ear , to hearken as do the instructed ; * My Lord , Yahweh , opened mine ear , And , I , was not rebellious , Away , turned I not : * My back , gave I to smiters , and My cheeks , to them who pulled out the beard , My face , hid I not from insult and spitting . * Because , My Lord , Yahweh , would help me , Therefore was I not deterred by insult , Therefore did I set my face like flint , And I knew that I should not be put to shame . * At hand , is one who can justify me . Who will contend with me ? let , us stand forth together , Who can accuse me ? let him draw near to me ! * Lo ! My Lord , Yahweh , will help me , Who is he that shall prove me lawless ? Lo ! they all , as a garment , shall fall to pieces , the moth shall consume them . * Who among you , revereth Yahweh , Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant , That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light ? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh , And lean upon his God . * Lo ! all ye that kindle a fire , That gird yourselves with fiery darts , Walk ye in the blaze of your own fire . And in the fiery darts ye have kindled , At my hand , hath this befallen you , In sorrow , shall ye lie down . * Hearken unto me , Ye that pursue righteousness , Ye that seek Yahweh , Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn , And unto the quarry whence ye were digged :

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