Isaiah:40-66
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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 LORD '
S hand double for all her sins .
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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 :
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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 ,
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 ?
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD ,
or being his counsellor hath 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 ,
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 :
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 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 ?
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 calleth 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 ,
and speakest ,
O Israel ,
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 ;
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 ?
I the LORD ,
the first ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
and ye men of Israel ;
I will help thee ,
saith the LORD ,
and thy redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel .
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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 .
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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 :
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 .
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Let them bring them forth ,
and shew us what shall happen :
let them shew the former things ,
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 ,
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 and devour at once .
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I will make waste mountains and hills ,
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 LORD '
S servant ?
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Seeing 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 ,
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 ,
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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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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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 ;
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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 ?
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 ;
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 ,
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 ,
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 :
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 ;
but thou hast been weary of me ,
O Israel .
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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 ,
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 .
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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 ,
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 ,
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 LORD '
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and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob ;
and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD ,
and surname himself by the name of Israel .
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Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel ,
and his redeemer the LORD of hosts ;
I am the first ,
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 :
have not I told thee from that time ,
and have declared it ?
ye are even my witnesses .
Is there a God beside me ?
yea ,
there 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 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 ,
and his strength faileth :
he drinketh no water ,
and is faint .
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The carpenter stretcheth out his rule ;
he marketh it out with a line ;
he fitteth it with planes ,
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 :
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 ?
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 ;
for thou art my servant :
I have formed thee ;
thou art my servant :
O Israel ,
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 :
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 ,
and every tree therein :
for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob ,
and glorified himself in Israel .
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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 ;
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 :
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 .
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For Jacob my servant '
s 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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 ,
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 :
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 ,
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 .
*
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 .
*
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified ,
and shall glory .
*
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 .
*
They stoop ,
they bow down together ;
they could not deliver the burden ,
but themselves are gone into captivity .
*
Hearken unto me ,
O house of Jacob ,
and all the remnant of the house of Israel ,
which are borne by me from the belly ,
which are carried from the womb :
*
And even to your old age I am he ;
and even to hoar hairs will I carry you :
I have made ,
and I will bear ;
even I will carry ,
and will deliver you .
*
To whom will ye liken me ,
and make me equal ,
and compare me ,
that we may be like ?
*
They lavish gold out of the bag ,
and weigh silver in the balance ,
and hire a goldsmith ;
and he maketh it a god :
they fall down ,
yea ,
they worship .
*
They bear him upon the shoulder ,
they carry him ,
and set him in his place ,
and he standeth ;
from his place shall he not remove :
yea ,
one shall cry unto him ,
yet can he not answer ,
nor save him out of his trouble .
*
Remember this ,
and shew yourselves men :
bring it again to mind ,
O ye transgressors .
*
Remember the former things of old :
for I am God ,
and there is none else ;
I am God ,
and there is none like me ,
*
Declaring the end from the beginning ,
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done ,
saying ,
My counsel shall stand ,
and I will do all my pleasure :
*
Calling a ravenous bird from the east ,
the man that executeth my counsel from a far country :
yea ,
I have spoken it ,
I will also bring it to pass ;
I have purposed it ,
I will also do it .
*
Hearken unto me ,
ye stouthearted ,
that are far from righteousness :
*
I bring near my righteousness ;
it shall not be far off ,
and my salvation shall not tarry :
and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory .
*
Come down ,
and sit in the dust ,
O virgin daughter of Babylon ,
sit on the ground :
there is no throne ,
O daughter of the Chaldeans :
for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate .
*
Take the millstones ,
and grind meal :
uncover thy locks ,
make bare the leg ,
uncover the thigh ,
pass over the rivers .
*
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered ,
yea ,
thy shame shall be seen :
I will take vengeance ,
and I will not meet thee as a man .
*
As for our redeemer ,
the LORD of hosts is his name ,
the Holy One of Israel .
*
Sit thou silent ,
and get thee into darkness ,
O daughter of the Chaldeans :
for thou shalt no more be called ,
The lady of kingdoms .
*
I was wroth with my people ,
I have polluted mine inheritance ,
and given them into thine hand :
thou didst shew them no mercy ;
upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke .
*
And thou saidst ,
I shall be a lady for ever :
so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart ,
neither didst remember the latter end of it .
*
Therefore hear now this ,
thou that art given to pleasures ,
that dwellest carelessly ,
that sayest in thine heart ,
I am ,
and none else beside me ;
I shall not sit as a widow ,
neither shall I know the loss of children :
*
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day ,
the loss of children ,
and widowhood :
they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries ,
and for the great abundance of thine enchantments .
*
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness :
thou hast said ,
None seeth me .
Thy wisdom and thy knowledge ,
it hath perverted thee ;
and thou hast said in thine heart ,
I am ,
and none else beside me .
*
Therefore shall evil come upon thee ;
thou shalt not know from whence it riseth :
and mischief shall fall upon thee ;
thou shalt not be able to put it off :
and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly ,
which thou shalt not know .
*
Stand now with thine enchantments ,
and with the multitude of thy sorceries ,
wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth ;
if so be thou shalt be able to profit ,
if so be thou mayest prevail .
*
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels .
Let now the astrologers ,
the stargazers ,
the monthly prognosticators ,
stand up ,
and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee .
*
Behold ,
they shall be as stubble ;
the fire shall burn them ;
they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame :
there shall not be a coal to warm at ,
nor fire to sit before it .
*
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured ,
even thy merchants ,
from thy youth :
they shall wander every one to his quarter ;
none shall save thee .
*
Hear ye this ,
O house of Jacob ,
which are called by the name of Israel ,
and are come forth out of the waters of Judah ,
which swear by the name of the LORD ,
and make mention of the God of Israel ,
but not in truth ,
nor in righteousness .
*
For they call themselves of the holy city ,
and stay themselves upon the God of Israel ;
The LORD of hosts is his name .
*
I have declared the former things from the beginning ;
and they went forth out of my mouth ,
and I shewed them ;
I did them suddenly ,
and they came to pass .
*
Because I knew that thou art obstinate ,
and thy neck is an iron sinew ,
and thy brow brass ;
*
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee ;
before it came to pass I shewed it thee :
lest thou shouldest say ,
Mine idol hath done them ,
and my graven image ,
and my molten image ,
hath commanded them .
*
Thou hast heard ,
see all this ;
and will not ye declare it ?
I have shewed thee new things from this time ,
even hidden things ,
and thou didst not know them .
*
They are created now ,
and not from the beginning ;
even before the day when thou heardest them not ;
lest thou shouldest say ,
Behold ,
I knew them .
*
Yea ,
thou heardest not ;
yea ,
thou knewest not ;
yea ,
from that time that thine ear was not opened :
for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously ,
and wast called a transgressor from the womb .
*
For my name '
s sake will I defer mine anger ,
and for my praise will I refrain for thee ,
that I cut thee not off .
*
Behold ,
I have refined thee ,
but not with silver ;
I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction .
*
For mine own sake ,
even for mine own sake ,
will I do it :
for how should my name be polluted ?
and I will not give my glory unto another .
*
Hearken unto me ,
O Jacob and Israel ,
my called ;
I am he ;
I am the first ,
I also am the last .
*
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth ,
and my right hand hath spanned the heavens :
when I call unto them ,
they stand up together .
*
All ye ,
assemble yourselves ,
and hear ;
which among them hath declared these things ?
The LORD hath loved him :
he will do his pleasure on Babylon ,
and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans .
*
I ,
even I ,
have spoken ;
yea ,
I have called him :
I have brought him ,
and he shall make his way prosperous .
*
Come ye near unto me ,
hear ye this ;
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning ;
from the time that it was ,
there am I :
and now the Lord GOD ,
and his Spirit ,
hath sent me .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
thy Redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel ;
I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit ,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go .
*
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments !
then had thy peace been as a river ,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea :
*
Thy seed also had been as the sand ,
and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof ;
his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me .
*
Go ye forth of Babylon ,
flee ye from the Chaldeans ,
with a voice of singing declare ye ,
tell this ,
utter it even to the end of the earth ;
say ye ,
The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob .
*
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts :
he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them :
he clave the rock also ,
and the waters gushed out .
*
There is no peace ,
saith the LORD ,
unto the wicked .
*
Listen ,
O isles ,
unto me ;
and hearken ,
ye people ,
from far ;
The LORD hath called me from the womb ;
from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name .
*
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword ;
in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me ,
and made me a polished shaft ;
in his quiver hath he hid me ;
*
And said unto me ,
Thou art my servant ,
O Israel ,
in whom I will be glorified .
*
Then I said ,
I have laboured in vain ,
I have spent my strength for nought ,
and in vain :
yet surely my judgment is with the LORD ,
and my work with my God .
*
And now ,
saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant ,
to bring Jacob again to him ,
Though Israel be not gathered ,
yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD ,
and my God shall be my strength .
*
And he said ,
It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob ,
and to restore the preserved of Israel :
I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles ,
that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
the Redeemer of Israel ,
and his Holy One ,
to him whom man despiseth ,
to him whom the nation abhorreth ,
to a servant of rulers ,
Kings shall see and arise ,
princes also shall worship ,
because of the LORD that is faithful ,
and the Holy One of Israel ,
and he shall choose thee .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
In an acceptable time have I heard thee ,
and in a day of salvation have I helped thee :
and I will preserve thee ,
and give thee for a covenant of the people ,
to establish the earth ,
to cause to inherit the desolate heritages ;
*
That thou mayest say to the prisoners ,
Go forth ;
to them that are in darkness ,
Shew yourselves .
They shall feed in the ways ,
and their pastures shall be in all high places .
*
They shall not hunger nor thirst ;
neither shall the heat nor sun smite them :
for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them ,
even by the springs of water shall he guide them .
*
And I will make all my mountains a way ,
and my highways shall be exalted .
*
Behold ,
these shall come from far :
and ,
lo ,
these from the north and from the west ;
and these from the land of Sinim .
*
Sing ,
O heavens ;
and be joyful ,
O earth ;
and break forth into singing ,
O mountains :
for the LORD hath comforted his people ,
and will have mercy upon his afflicted .
*
But Zion said ,
The LORD hath forsaken me ,
and my Lord hath forgotten me .
*
Can a woman forget her sucking child ,
that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ?
yea ,
they may forget ,
yet will I not forget thee .
*
Behold ,
I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ;
thy walls are continually before me .
*
Thy children shall make haste ;
thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee .
*
Lift up thine eyes round about ,
and behold :
all these gather themselves together ,
and come to thee .
As I live ,
saith the LORD ,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all ,
as with an ornament ,
and bind them on thee ,
as a bride doeth .
*
For thy waste and thy desolate places ,
and the land of thy destruction ,
shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants ,
and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away .
*
The children which thou shalt have ,
after thou hast lost the other ,
shall say again in thine ears ,
The place is too strait for me :
give place to me that I may dwell .
*
Then shalt thou say in thine heart ,
Who hath begotten me these ,
seeing I have lost my children ,
and am desolate ,
a captive ,
and removing to and fro ?
and who hath brought up these ?
Behold ,
I was left alone ;
these ,
where had they been ?
*
Thus saith the Lord GOD ,
Behold ,
I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles ,
and set up my standard to the people :
and they shall bring thy sons in their arms ,
and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders .
*
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers ,
and their queens thy nursing mothers :
they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth ,
and lick up the dust of thy feet ;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD :
for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me .
*
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty ,
or the lawful captive delivered ?
*
But thus saith the LORD ,
Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away ,
and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered :
for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee ,
and I will save thy children .
*
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh ;
and they shall be drunken with their own blood ,
as with sweet wine :
and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer ,
the mighty One of Jacob .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
Where is the bill of your mother '
s divorcement ,
whom I have put away ?
or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you ?
Behold ,
for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves ,
and for your transgressions is your mother put away .
*
Wherefore ,
when I came ,
was there no man ?
when I called ,
was there none to answer ?
Is my hand shortened at all ,
that it cannot redeem ?
or have I no power to deliver ?
behold ,
at my rebuke I dry up the sea ,
I make the rivers a wilderness :
their fish stinketh ,
because there is no water ,
and dieth for thirst .
*
I clothe the heavens with blackness ,
and I make sackcloth their covering .
*
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned ,
that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary :
he wakeneth morning by morning ,
he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned .
*
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear ,
and I was not rebellious ,
neither turned away back .
*
I gave my back to the smiters ,
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair :
I hid not my face from shame and spitting .
*
For the Lord GOD will help me ;
therefore shall I not be confounded :
therefore have I set my face like a flint ,
and I know that I shall not be ashamed .
*
He is near that justifieth me ;
who will contend with me ?
let us stand together :
who is mine adversary ?
let him come near to me .
*
Behold ,
the Lord GOD will help me ;
who is he that shall condemn me ?
lo ,
they all shall wax old as a garment ;
the moth shall eat them up .
*
Who is among you that feareth the LORD ,
that obeyeth the voice of his servant ,
that walketh in darkness ,
and hath no light ?
let him trust in the name of the LORD ,
and stay upon his God .
*
Behold ,
all ye that kindle a fire ,
that compass yourselves about with sparks :
walk in the light of your fire ,
and in the sparks that ye have kindled .
This shall ye have of mine hand ;
ye shall lie down in sorrow .
*
Hearken to me ,
ye that follow after righteousness ,
ye that seek the LORD :
look unto the rock whence ye are hewn ,
and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged .
*
Look unto Abraham your father ,
and unto Sarah that bare you :
for I called him alone ,
and blessed him ,
and increased him .
*
For the LORD shall comfort Zion :
he will comfort all her waste places ;
and he will make her wilderness like Eden ,
and her desert like the garden of the LORD ;
joy and gladness shall be found therein ,
thanksgiving ,
and the voice of melody .
*
Hearken unto me ,
my people ;
and give ear unto me ,
O my nation :
for a law shall proceed from me ,
and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people .
*
My righteousness is near ;
my salvation is gone forth ,
and mine arms shall judge the people ;
the isles shall wait upon me ,
and on mine arm shall they trust .
*
Lift up your eyes to the heavens ,
and look upon the earth beneath :
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke ,
and the earth shall wax old like a garment ,
and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner :
but my salvation shall be for ever ,
and my righteousness shall not be abolished .
*
Hearken unto me ,
ye that know righteousness ,
the people in whose heart is my law ;
fear ye not the reproach of men ,
neither be ye afraid of their revilings .
*
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment ,
and the worm shall eat them like wool :
but my righteousness shall be for ever ,
and my salvation from generation to generation .
*
Awake ,
awake ,
put on strength ,
O arm of the LORD ;
awake ,
as in the ancient days ,
in the generations of old .
Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab ,
and wounded the dragon ?
*
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea ,
the waters of the great deep ;
that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over ?
*
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return ,
and come with singing unto Zion ;
and everlasting joy shall be upon their head :
they shall obtain gladness and joy ;
and sorrow and mourning shall flee away .
*
I ,
even I ,
am he that comforteth you :
who art thou ,
that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die ,
and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ;
*
And forgettest the LORD thy maker ,
that hath stretched forth the heavens ,
and laid the foundations of the earth ;
and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor ,
as if he were ready to destroy ?
and where is the fury of the oppressor ?
*
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed ,
and that he should not die in the pit ,
nor that his bread should fail .
*
But I am the LORD thy God ,
that divided the sea ,
whose waves roared :
The LORD of hosts is his name .
*
And I have put my words in thy mouth ,
and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand ,
that I may plant the heavens ,
and lay the foundations of the earth ,
and say unto Zion ,
Thou art my people .
*
Awake ,
awake ,
stand up ,
O Jerusalem ,
which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury ;
thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling ,
and wrung them out .
*
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth ;
neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up .
*
These two things are come unto thee ;
who shall be sorry for thee ?
desolation ,
and destruction ,
and the famine ,
and the sword :
by whom shall I comfort thee ?
*
Thy sons have fainted ,
they lie at the head of all the streets ,
as a wild bull in a net :
they are full of the fury of the LORD ,
the rebuke of thy God .
*
Therefore hear now this ,
thou afflicted ,
and drunken ,
but not with wine :
*
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD ,
and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people ,
Behold ,
I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling ,
even the dregs of the cup of my fury ;
thou shalt no more drink it again :
*
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee ;
which have said to thy soul ,
Bow down ,
that we may go over :
and thou hast laid thy body as the ground ,
and as the street ,
to them that went over .
*
Awake ,
awake ;
put on thy strength ,
O Zion ;
put on thy beautiful garments ,
O Jerusalem ,
the holy city :
for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean .
*
Shake thyself from the dust ;
arise ,
and sit down ,
O Jerusalem :
loose thyself from the bands of thy neck ,
O captive daughter of Zion .
*
For thus saith the LORD ,
Ye have sold yourselves for nought ;
and ye shall be redeemed without money .
*
For thus saith the Lord GOD ,
My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there ;
and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause .
*
Now therefore ,
what have I here ,
saith the LORD ,
that my people is taken away for nought ?
they that rule over them make them to howl ,
saith the LORD ;
and my name continually every day is blasphemed .
*
Therefore my people shall know my name :
therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak :
behold ,
it is I .
*
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings ,
that publisheth peace ;
that bringeth good tidings of good ,
that publisheth salvation ;
that saith unto Zion ,
Thy God reigneth !
*
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice ;
with the voice together shall they sing :
for they shall see eye to eye ,
when the LORD shall bring again Zion .
*
Break forth into joy ,
sing together ,
ye waste places of Jerusalem :
for the LORD hath comforted his people ,
he hath redeemed Jerusalem .
*
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations ;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God .
*
Depart ye ,
depart ye ,
go ye out from thence ,
touch no unclean thing ;
go ye out of the midst of her ;
be ye clean ,
that bear the vessels of the LORD .
*
For ye shall not go out with haste ,
nor go by flight :
for the LORD will go before you ;
and the God of Israel will be your rereward .
*
Behold ,
my servant shall deal prudently ,
he shall be exalted and extolled ,
and be very high .
*
As many were astonied at thee ;
his visage was so marred more than any man ,
and his form more than the sons of men :
*
So shall he sprinkle many nations ;
the kings shall shut their mouths at him :
for that which had not been told them shall they see ;
and that which they had not heard shall they consider .
*
Who hath believed our report ?
and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed ?
*
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant ,
and as a root out of a dry ground :
he hath no form nor comeliness ;
and when we shall see him ,
there is no beauty that we should desire him .
*
He is despised and rejected of men ;
a man of sorrows ,
and acquainted with grief :
and we hid as it were our faces from him ;
he was despised ,
and we esteemed him not .
*
Surely he hath borne our griefs ,
and carried our sorrows :
yet we did esteem him stricken ,
smitten of God ,
and afflicted .
*
But he was wounded for our transgressions ,
he was bruised for our iniquities :
the chastisement of our peace was upon him ;
and with his stripes we are healed .
*
All we like sheep have gone astray ;
we have turned every one to his own way ;
and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all .
*
He was oppressed ,
and he was afflicted ,
yet he opened not his mouth :
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter ,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb ,
so he openeth not his mouth .
*
He was taken from prison and from judgment :
and who shall declare his generation ?
for he was cut off out of the land of the living :
for the transgression of my people was he stricken .
*
And he made his grave with the wicked ,
and with the rich in his death ;
because he had done no violence ,
neither was any deceit in his mouth .
*
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him ;
he hath put him to grief :
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin ,
he shall see his seed ,
he shall prolong his days ,
and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand .
*
He shall see of the travail of his soul ,
and shall be satisfied :
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many ;
for he shall bear their iniquities .
*
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great ,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death :
and he was numbered with the transgressors ;
and he bare the sin of many ,
and made intercession for the transgressors .
*
Sing ,
O barren ,
thou that didst not bear ;
break forth into singing ,
and cry aloud ,
thou that didst not travail with child :
for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife ,
saith the LORD .
*
Enlarge the place of thy tent ,
and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations :
spare not ,
lengthen thy cords ,
and strengthen thy stakes ;
*
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ;
and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles ,
and make the desolate cities to be inhabited .
*
Fear not ;
for thou shalt not be ashamed :
neither be thou confounded ;
for thou shalt not be put to shame :
for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth ,
and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more .
*
For thy Maker is thine husband ;
the LORD of hosts is his name ;
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ;
The God of the whole earth shall he be called .
*
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit ,
and a wife of youth ,
when thou wast refused ,
saith thy God .
*
For a small moment have I forsaken thee ;
but with great mercies will I gather thee .
*
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ;
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee ,
saith the LORD thy Redeemer .
*
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me :
for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ;
so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee ,
nor rebuke thee .
*
For the mountains shall depart ,
and the hills be removed ;
but my kindness shall not depart from thee ,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed ,
saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee .
*
O thou afflicted ,
tossed with tempest ,
and not comforted ,
behold ,
I will lay thy stones with fair colours ,
and lay thy foundations with sapphires .
*
And I will make thy windows of agates ,
and thy gates of carbuncles ,
and all thy borders of pleasant stones .
*
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD ;
and great shall be the peace of thy children .
*
In righteousness shalt thou be established :
thou shalt be far from oppression ;
for thou shalt not fear :
and from terror ;
for it shall not come near thee .
*
Behold ,
they shall surely gather together ,
but not by me :
whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake .
*
Behold ,
I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire ,
and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work ;
and I have created the waster to destroy .
*
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ;
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn .
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD ,
and their righteousness is of me ,
saith the LORD .
*
Ho ,
every one that thirsteth ,
come ye to the waters ,
and he that hath no money ;
come ye ,
buy ,
and eat ;
yea ,
come ,
buy wine and milk without money and without price .
*
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ?
and your labour for that which satisfieth not ?
hearken diligently unto me ,
and eat ye that which is good ,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness .
*
Incline your ear ,
and come unto me :
hear ,
and your soul shall live ;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you ,
even the sure mercies of David .
*
Behold ,
I have given him for a witness to the people ,
a leader and commander to the people .
*
Behold ,
thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not ,
and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God ,
and for the Holy One of Israel ;
for he hath glorified thee .
*
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found ,
call ye upon him while he is near :
*
Let the wicked forsake his way ,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts :
and let him return unto the LORD ,
and he will have mercy upon him ;
and to our God ,
for he will abundantly pardon .
*
For my thoughts are not your thoughts ,
neither are your ways my ways ,
saith the LORD .
*
For as the heavens are higher than the earth ,
so are my ways higher than your ways ,
and my thoughts than your thoughts .
*
For as the rain cometh down ,
and the snow from heaven ,
and returneth not thither ,
but watereth the earth ,
and maketh it bring forth and bud ,
that it may give seed to the sower ,
and bread to the eater :
*
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth :
it shall not return unto me void ,
but it shall accomplish that which I please ,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it .
*
For ye shall go out with joy ,
and be led forth with peace :
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing ,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands .
*
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree ,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree :
and it shall be to the LORD for a name ,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
Keep ye judgment ,
and do justice :
for my salvation is near to come ,
and my righteousness to be revealed .
*
Blessed is the man that doeth this ,
and the son of man that layeth hold on it ;
that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it ,
and keepeth his hand from doing any evil .
*
Neither let the son of the stranger ,
that hath joined himself to the LORD ,
speak ,
saying ,
The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people :
neither let the eunuch say ,
Behold ,
I am a dry tree .
*
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths ,
and choose the things that please me ,
and take hold of my covenant ;
*
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters :
I will give them an everlasting name ,
that shall not be cut off .
*
Also the sons of the stranger ,
that join themselves to the LORD ,
to serve him ,
and to love the name of the LORD ,
to be his servants ,
every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it ,
and taketh hold of my covenant ;
*
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain ,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer :
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ;
for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people .
*
The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith ,
Yet will I gather others to him ,
beside those that are gathered unto him .
*
All ye beasts of the field ,
come to devour ,
yea ,
all ye beasts in the forest .
*
His watchmen are blind :
they are all ignorant ,
they are all dumb dogs ,
they cannot bark ;
sleeping ,
lying down ,
loving to slumber .
*
Yea ,
they are greedy dogs which can never have enough ,
and they are shepherds that cannot understand :
they all look to their own way ,
every one for his gain ,
from his quarter .
*
Come ye ,
say they ,
I will fetch wine ,
and we will fill ourselves with strong drink ;
and to morrow shall be as this day ,
and much more abundant .
*
The righteous perisheth ,
and no man layeth it to heart :
and merciful men are taken away ,
none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come .
*
He shall enter into peace :
they shall rest in their beds ,
each one walking in his uprightness .
*
But draw near hither ,
ye sons of the sorceress ,
the seed of the adulterer and the whore .
*
Against whom do ye sport yourselves ?
against whom make ye a wide mouth ,
and draw out the tongue ?
are ye not children of transgression ,
a seed of falsehood ,
*
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree ,
slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks ?
*
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion ;
they ,
they are thy lot :
even to them hast thou poured a drink offering ,
thou hast offered a meat offering .
Should I receive comfort in these ?
*
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed :
even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice .
*
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance :
for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me ,
and art gone up ;
thou hast enlarged thy bed ,
and made thee a covenant with them ;
thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it .
*
And thou wentest to the king with ointment ,
and didst increase thy perfumes ,
and didst send thy messengers far off ,
and didst debase thyself even unto hell .
*
Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way ;
yet saidst thou not ,
There is no hope :
thou hast found the life of thine hand ;
therefore thou wast not grieved .
*
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared ,
that thou hast lied ,
and hast not remembered me ,
nor laid it to thy heart ?
have not I held my peace even of old ,
and thou fearest me not ?
*
I will declare thy righteousness ,
and thy works ;
for they shall not profit thee .
*
When thou criest ,
let thy companies deliver thee ;
but the wind shall carry them all away ;
vanity shall take them :
but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land ,
and shall inherit my holy mountain ;
*
And shall say ,
Cast ye up ,
cast ye up ,
prepare the way ,
take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people .
*
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity ,
whose name is Holy ;
I dwell in the high and holy place ,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit ,
to revive the spirit of the humble ,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones .
*
For I will not contend for ever ,
neither will I be always wroth :
for the spirit should fail before me ,
and the souls which I have made .
*
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth ,
and smote him :
I hid me ,
and was wroth ,
and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart .
*
I have seen his ways ,
and will heal him :
I will lead him also ,
and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners .
*
I create the fruit of the lips ;
Peace ,
peace to him that is far off ,
and to him that is near ,
saith the LORD ;
and I will heal him .
*
But the wicked are like the troubled sea ,
when it cannot rest ,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt .
*
There is no peace ,
saith my God ,
to the wicked .
*
Cry aloud ,
spare not ,
lift up thy voice like a trumpet ,
and shew my people their transgression ,
and the house of Jacob their sins .
*
Yet they seek me daily ,
and delight to know my ways ,
as a nation that did righteousness ,
and forsook not the ordinance of their God :
they ask of me the ordinances of justice ;
they take delight in approaching to God .
*
Wherefore have we fasted ,
say they ,
and thou seest not ?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul ,
and thou takest no knowledge ?
Behold ,
in the day of your fast ye find pleasure ,
and exact all your labours .
*
Behold ,
ye fast for strife and debate ,
and to smite with the fist of wickedness :
ye shall not fast as ye do this day ,
to make your voice to be heard on high .
*
Is it such a fast that I have chosen ?
a day for a man to afflict his soul ?
is it to bow down his head as a bulrush ,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ?
wilt thou call this a fast ,
and an acceptable day to the LORD ?
*
Is not this the fast that I have chosen ?
to loose the bands of wickedness ,
to undo the heavy burdens ,
and to let the oppressed go free ,
and that ye break every yoke ?
*
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry ,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ?
when thou seest the naked ,
that thou cover him ;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ?
*
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning ,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily :
and thy righteousness shall go before thee ;
the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward .
*
Then shalt thou call ,
and the LORD shall answer ;
thou shalt cry ,
and he shall say ,
Here I am .
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke ,
the putting forth of the finger ,
and speaking vanity ;
*
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry ,
and satisfy the afflicted soul ;
then shall thy light rise in obscurity ,
and thy darkness be as the noonday :
*
And the LORD shall guide thee continually ,
and satisfy thy soul in drought ,
and make fat thy bones :
and thou shalt be like a watered garden ,
and like a spring of water ,
whose waters fail not .
*
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places :
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ;
and thou shalt be called ,
The repairer of the breach ,
The restorer of paths to dwell in .
*
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath ,
from doing thy pleasure on my holy day ;
and call the sabbath a delight ,
the holy of the LORD ,
honourable ;
and shalt honour him ,
not doing thine own ways ,
nor finding thine own pleasure ,
nor speaking thine own words :
*
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD ;
and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth ,
and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father :
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
*
Behold ,
the LORD '
S hand is not shortened ,
that it cannot save ;
neither his ear heavy ,
that it cannot hear :
*
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God ,
and your sins have hid his face from you ,
that he will not hear .
*
For your hands are defiled with blood ,
and your fingers with iniquity ;
your lips have spoken lies ,
your tongue hath muttered perverseness .
*
None calleth for justice ,
nor any pleadeth for truth :
they trust in vanity ,
and speak lies ;
they conceive mischief ,
and bring forth iniquity .
*
They hatch cockatrice '
eggs ,
and weave the spider '
s web :
he that eateth of their eggs dieth ,
and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper .
*
Their webs shall not become garments ,
neither shall they cover themselves with their works :
their works are works of iniquity ,
and the act of violence is in their hands .
*
Their feet run to evil ,
and they make haste to shed innocent blood :
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity ;
wasting and destruction are in their paths .
*
The way of peace they know not ;
and there is no judgment in their goings :
they have made them crooked paths :
whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace .
*
Therefore is judgment far from us ,
neither doth justice overtake us :
we wait for light ,
but behold obscurity ;
for brightness ,
but we walk in darkness .
*
We grope for the wall like the blind ,
and we grope as if we had no eyes :
we stumble at noonday as in the night ;
we are in desolate places as dead men .
*
We roar all like bears ,
and mourn sore like doves :
we look for judgment ,
but there is none ;
for salvation ,
but it is far off from us .
*
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee ,
and our sins testify against us :
for our transgressions are with us ;
and as for our iniquities ,
we know them ;
*
In transgressing and lying against the LORD ,
and departing away from our God ,
speaking oppression and revolt ,
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood .
*
And judgment is turned away backward ,
and justice standeth afar off :
for truth is fallen in the street ,
and equity cannot enter .
*
Yea ,
truth faileth ;
and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey :
and the LORD saw it ,
and it displeased him that there was no judgment .
*
And he saw that there was no man ,
and wondered that there was no intercessor :
therefore his arm brought salvation unto him ;
and his righteousness ,
it sustained him .
*
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate ,
and an helmet of salvation upon his head ;
and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing ,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke .
*
According to their deeds ,
accordingly he will repay ,
fury to his adversaries ,
recompence to his enemies ;
to the islands he will repay recompence .
*
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west ,
and his glory from the rising of the sun .
When the enemy shall come in like a flood ,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him .
*
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion ,
and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob ,
saith the LORD .
*
As for me ,
this is my covenant with them ,
saith the LORD ;
My spirit that is upon thee ,
and my words which I have put in thy mouth ,
shall not depart out of thy mouth ,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed ,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed '
s seed ,
saith the LORD ,
from henceforth and for ever .
*
Arise ,
shine ;
for thy light is come ,
and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee .
*
For ,
behold ,
the darkness shall cover the earth ,
and gross darkness the people :
but the LORD shall arise upon thee ,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee .
*
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light ,
and kings to the brightness of thy rising .
*
Lift up thine eyes round about ,
and see :
all they gather themselves together ,
they come to thee :
thy sons shall come from far ,
and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side .
*
Then thou shalt see ,
and flow together ,
and thine heart shall fear ,
and be enlarged ;
because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee ,
the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee .
*
The multitude of camels shall cover thee ,
the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah ;
all they from Sheba shall come :
they shall bring gold and incense ;
and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD .
*
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee ,
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee :
they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar ,
and I will glorify the house of my glory .
*
Who are these that fly as a cloud ,
and as the doves to their windows ?
*
Surely the isles shall wait for me ,
and the ships of Tarshish first ,
to bring thy sons from far ,
their silver and their gold with them ,
unto the name of the LORD thy God ,
and to the Holy One of Israel ,
because he hath glorified thee .
*
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls ,
and their kings shall minister unto thee :
for in my wrath I smote thee ,
but in my favour have I had mercy on thee .
*
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually ;
they shall not be shut day nor night ;
that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles ,
and that their kings may be brought .
*
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish ;
yea ,
those nations shall be utterly wasted .
*
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee ,
the fir tree ,
the pine tree ,
and the box together ,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary ;
and I will make the place of my feet glorious .
*
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ;
and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ;
and they shall call thee ,
The city of the LORD ,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel .
*
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated ,
so that no man went through thee ,
I will make thee an eternal excellency ,
a joy of many generations .
*
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles ,
and shalt suck the breast of kings :
and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer ,
the mighty One of Jacob .
*
For brass I will bring gold ,
and for iron I will bring silver ,
and for wood brass ,
and for stones iron :
I will also make thy officers peace ,
and thine exactors righteousness .
*
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land ,
wasting nor destruction within thy borders ;
but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation ,
and thy gates Praise .
*
The sun shall be no more thy light by day ;
neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee :
but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light ,
and thy God thy glory .
*
Thy sun shall no more go down ;
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself :
for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light ,
and the days of thy mourning shall be ended .
*
Thy people also shall be all righteous :
they shall inherit the land for ever ,
the branch of my planting ,
the work of my hands ,
that I may be glorified .
*
A little one shall become a thousand ,
and a small one a strong nation :
I the LORD will hasten it in his time .
*
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me ;
because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted ,
to proclaim liberty to the captives ,
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ;
*
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD ,
and the day of vengeance of our God ;
to comfort all that mourn ;
*
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion ,
to give unto them beauty for ashes ,
the oil of joy for mourning ,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ;
that they might be called trees of righteousness ,
the planting of the LORD ,
that he might be glorified .
*
And they shall build the old wastes ,
they shall raise up the former desolations ,
and they shall repair the waste cities ,
the desolations of many generations .
*
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks ,
and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers .
*
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD :
men shall call you the Ministers of our God :
ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles ,
and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves .
*
For your shame ye shall have double ;
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion :
therefore in their land they shall possess the double :
everlasting joy shall be unto them .
*
For I the LORD love judgment ,
I hate robbery for burnt offering ;
and I will direct their work in truth ,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them .
*
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles ,
and their offspring among the people :
all that see them shall acknowledge them ,
that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed .
*
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD ,
my soul shall be joyful in my God ;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation ,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness ,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments ,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels .
*
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud ,
and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ;
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations .
*
For Zion '
s sake will I not hold my peace ,
and for Jerusalem '
s sake I will not rest ,
until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness ,
and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth .
*
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness ,
and all kings thy glory :
and thou shalt be called by a new name ,
which the mouth of the LORD shall name .
*
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD ,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God .
*
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ;
neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate :
but thou shalt be called Hephzibah ,
and thy land Beulah :
for the LORD delighteth in thee ,
and thy land shall be married .
*
For as a young man marrieth a virgin ,
so shall thy sons marry thee :
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride ,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee .
*
I have set watchmen upon thy walls ,
O Jerusalem ,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night :
ye that make mention of the LORD ,
keep not silence ,
*
And give him no rest ,
till he establish ,
and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth .
*
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand ,
and by the arm of his strength ,
Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies ;
and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine ,
for the which thou hast laboured :
*
But they that have gathered it shall eat it ,
and praise the LORD ;
and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness .
*
Go through ,
go through the gates ;
prepare ye the way of the people ;
cast up ,
cast up the highway ;
gather out the stones ;
lift up a standard for the people .
*
Behold ,
the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world ,
Say ye to the daughter of Zion ,
Behold ,
thy salvation cometh ;
behold ,
his reward is with him ,
and his work before him .
*
And they shall call them ,
The holy people ,
The redeemed of the LORD :
and thou shalt be called ,
Sought out ,
A city not forsaken .
*
Who is this that cometh from Edom ,
with dyed garments from Bozrah ?
this that is glorious in his apparel ,
travelling in the greatness of his strength ?
I that speak in righteousness ,
mighty to save .
*
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel ,
and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat ?
*
I have trodden the winepress alone ;
and of the people there was none with me :
for I will tread them in mine anger ,
and trample them in my fury ;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments ,
and I will stain all my raiment .
*
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart ,
and the year of my redeemed is come .
*
And I looked ,
and there was none to help ;
and I wondered that there was none to uphold :
therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me ;
and my fury ,
it upheld me .
*
And I will tread down the people in mine anger ,
and make them drunk in my fury ,
and I will bring down their strength to the earth .
*
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD ,
and the praises of the LORD ,
according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us ,
and the great goodness toward the house of Israel ,
which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies ,
and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses .
*
For he said ,
Surely they are my people ,
children that will not lie :
so he was their Saviour .
*
In all their affliction he was afflicted ,
and the angel of his presence saved them :
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ;
and he bare them ,
and carried them all the days of old .
*
But they rebelled ,
and vexed his holy Spirit :
therefore he was turned to be their enemy ,
and he fought against them .
*
Then he remembered the days of old ,
Moses ,
and his people ,
saying ,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock ?
where is he that put his holy Spirit within him ?
*
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm ,
dividing the water before them ,
to make himself an everlasting name ?
*
That led them through the deep ,
as an horse in the wilderness ,
that they should not stumble ?
*
As a beast goeth down into the valley ,
the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest :
so didst thou lead thy people ,
to make thyself a glorious name .
*
Look down from heaven ,
and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory :
where is thy zeal and thy strength ,
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me ?
are they restrained ?
*
Doubtless thou art our father ,
though Abraham be ignorant of us ,
and Israel acknowledge us not :
thou ,
O LORD ,
art our father ,
our redeemer ;
thy name is from everlasting .
*
O LORD ,
why hast thou made us to err from thy ways ,
and hardened our heart from thy fear ?
Return for thy servants '
sake ,
the tribes of thine inheritance .
*
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while :
our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary .
*
We are thine :
thou never barest rule over them ;
they were not called by thy name .
*
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens ,
that thou wouldest come down ,
that the mountains might flow down at thy presence ,
*
As when the melting fire burneth ,
the fire causeth the waters to boil ,
to make thy name known to thine adversaries ,
that the nations may tremble at thy presence !
*
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for ,
thou camest down ,
the mountains flowed down at thy presence .
*
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard ,
nor perceived by the ear ,
neither hath the eye seen ,
O God ,
beside thee ,
what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him .
*
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness ,
those that remember thee in thy ways :
behold ,
thou art wroth ;
for we have sinned :
in those is continuance ,
and we shall be saved .
*
But we are all as an unclean thing ,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ;
and we all do fade as a leaf ;
and our iniquities ,
like the wind ,
have taken us away .
*
And there is none that calleth upon thy name ,
that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee :
for thou hast hid thy face from us ,
and hast consumed us ,
because of our iniquities .
*
But now ,
O LORD ,
thou art our father ;
we are the clay ,
and thou our potter ;
and we all are the work of thy hand .
*
Be not wroth very sore ,
O LORD ,
neither remember iniquity for ever :
behold ,
see ,
we beseech thee ,
we are all thy people .
*
Thy holy cities are a wilderness ,
Zion is a wilderness ,
Jerusalem a desolation .
*
Our holy and our beautiful house ,
where our fathers praised thee ,
is burned up with fire :
and all our pleasant things are laid waste .
*
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things ,
O LORD ?
wilt thou hold thy peace ,
and afflict us very sore ?
*
I am sought of them that asked not for me ;
I am found of them that sought me not :
I said ,
Behold me ,
behold me ,
unto a nation that was not called by my name .
*
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people ,
which walketh in a way that was not good ,
after their own thoughts ;
*
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face ;
that sacrificeth in gardens ,
and burneth incense upon altars of brick ;
*
Which remain among the graves ,
and lodge in the monuments ,
which eat swine '
s flesh ,
and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ;
*
Which say ,
Stand by thyself ,
come not near to me ;
for I am holier than thou .
These are a smoke in my nose ,
a fire that burneth all the day .
*
Behold ,
it is written before me :
I will not keep silence ,
but will recompense ,
even recompense into their bosom ,
*
Your iniquities ,
and the iniquities of your fathers together ,
saith the LORD ,
which have burned incense upon the mountains ,
and blasphemed me upon the hills :
therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
As the new wine is found in the cluster ,
and one saith ,
Destroy it not ;
for a blessing is in it :
so will I do for my servants '
sakes ,
that I may not destroy them all .
*
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob ,
and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains :
and mine elect shall inherit it ,
and my servants shall dwell there .
*
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks ,
and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in ,
for my people that have sought me .
*
But ye are they that forsake the LORD ,
that forget my holy mountain ,
that prepare a table for that troop ,
and that furnish the drink offering unto that number .
*
Therefore will I number you to the sword ,
and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter :
because when I called ,
ye did not answer ;
when I spake ,
ye did not hear ;
but did evil before mine eyes ,
and did choose that wherein I delighted not .
*
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ,
Behold ,
my servants shall eat ,
but ye shall be hungry :
behold ,
my servants shall drink ,
but ye shall be thirsty :
behold ,
my servants shall rejoice ,
but ye shall be ashamed :
*
Behold ,
my servants shall sing for joy of heart ,
but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart ,
and shall howl for vexation of spirit .
*
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen :
for the Lord GOD shall slay thee ,
and call his servants by another name :
*
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth ;
and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth ;
because the former troubles are forgotten ,
and because they are hid from mine eyes .
*
For ,
behold ,
I create new heavens and a new earth :
and the former shall not be remembered ,
nor come into mind .
*
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create :
for ,
behold ,
I create Jerusalem a rejoicing ,
and her people a joy .
*
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem ,
and joy in my people :
and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her ,
nor the voice of crying .
*
There shall be no more thence an infant of days ,
nor an old man that hath not filled his days :
for the child shall die an hundred years old ;
but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed .
*
And they shall build houses ,
and inhabit them ;
and they shall plant vineyards ,
and eat the fruit of them .
*
They shall not build ,
and another inhabit ;
they shall not plant ,
and another eat :
for as the days of a tree are the days of my people ,
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands .
*
They shall not labour in vain ,
nor bring forth for trouble ;
for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD ,
and their offspring with them .
*
And it shall come to pass ,
that before they call ,
I will answer ;
and while they are yet speaking ,
I will hear .
*
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together ,
and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock :
and dust shall be the serpent '
s meat .
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ,
saith the LORD .
*
Thus saith the LORD ,
The heaven is my throne ,
and the earth is my footstool :
where is the house that ye build unto me ?
and where is the place of my rest ?
*
For all those things hath mine hand made ,
and all those things have been ,
saith the LORD :
but to this man will I look ,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit ,
and trembleth at my word .
*
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man ;
he that sacrificeth a lamb ,
as if he cut off a dog '
s neck ;
he that offereth an oblation ,
as if he offered swine '
s blood ;
he that burneth incense ,
as if he blessed an idol .
Yea ,
they have chosen their own ways ,
and their soul delighteth in their abominations .
*
I also will choose their delusions ,
and will bring their fears upon them ;
because when I called ,
none did answer ;
when I spake ,
they did not hear :
but they did evil before mine eyes ,
and chose that in which I delighted not .
*
Hear the word of the LORD ,
ye that tremble at his word ;
Your brethren that hated you ,
that cast you out for my name '
s sake ,
said ,
Let the LORD be glorified :
but he shall appear to your joy ,
and they shall be ashamed .
*
A voice of noise from the city ,
a voice from the temple ,
a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies .
*
Before she travailed ,
she brought forth ;
before her pain came ,
she was delivered of a man child .
*
Who hath heard such a thing ?
who hath seen such things ?
Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day ?
or shall a nation be born at once ?
for as soon as Zion travailed ,
she brought forth her children .
*
Shall I bring to the birth ,
and not cause to bring forth ?
saith the LORD :
shall I cause to bring forth ,
and shut the womb ?
saith thy God .
*
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem ,
and be glad with her ,
all ye that love her :
rejoice for joy with her ,
all ye that mourn for her :
*
That ye may suck ,
and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations ;
that ye may milk out ,
and be delighted with the abundance of her glory .
*
For thus saith the LORD ,
Behold ,
I will extend peace to her like a river ,
and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream :
then shall ye suck ,
ye shall be borne upon her sides ,
and be dandled upon her knees .
*
As one whom his mother comforteth ,
so will I comfort you ;
and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem .
*
And when ye see this ,
your heart shall rejoice ,
and your bones shall flourish like an herb :
and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants ,
and his indignation toward his enemies .
*
For ,
behold ,
the LORD will come with fire ,
and with his chariots like a whirlwind ,
to render his anger with fury ,
and his rebuke with flames of fire .
*
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh :
and the slain of the LORD shall be many .
*
They that sanctify themselves ,
and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst ,
eating swine '
s flesh ,
and the abomination ,
and the mouse ,
shall be consumed together ,
saith the LORD .
*
For I know their works and their thoughts :
it shall come ,
that I will gather all nations and tongues ;
and they shall come ,
and see my glory .
*
And I will set a sign among them ,
and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations ,
to Tarshish ,
Pul ,
and Lud ,
that draw the bow ,
to Tubal ,
and Javan ,
to the isles afar off ,
that have not heard my fame ,
neither have seen my glory ;
and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles .
*
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses ,
and in chariots ,
and in litters ,
and upon mules ,
and upon swift beasts ,
to my holy mountain Jerusalem ,
saith the LORD ,
as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD .
*
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites ,
saith the LORD .
*
For as the new heavens and the new earth ,
which I will make ,
shall remain before me ,
saith the LORD ,
so shall your seed and your name remain .
*
And it shall come to pass ,
that from one new moon to another ,
and from one sabbath to another ,
shall all flesh come to worship before me ,
saith the LORD .
*
And they shall go forth ,
and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me :
for their worm shall not die ,
neither shall their fire be quenched ;
and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh .
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