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Thus says the LORD ,
your Redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel : "
For your sake I will send to Babylon and break down all the bars ,
and the shouting of the Chalde '
ans will be turned to lamentations .
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I am the LORD ,
your Holy One ,
the Creator of Israel ,
your King ."
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Thus says the LORD ,
who makes a way in the sea ,
a path in the mighty waters ,
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who brings forth chariot and horse ,
army and warrior ;
they lie down ,
they cannot rise ,
they are extinguished ,
quenched like a wick :
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Remember not the former things ,
nor consider the things of old .
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Behold ,
I am doing a new thing ;
now it springs forth ,
do you not perceive it ?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert .
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The wild beasts will honor me ,
the jackals and the ostriches ;
for I give water in the wilderness ,
rivers in the desert ,
to give drink to my chosen people ,
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the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise .
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Yet you did not call upon me ,
O Jacob ;
but you have been weary of me ,
O Israel !
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You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings ,
or honored me with your sacrifices .
I have not burdened you with offerings ,
or wearied you with frankincense .
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You have not bought me sweet cane with money ,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices .
But you have burdened me with your sins ,
you have wearied me with your iniquities .
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I ,
I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake ,
and I will not remember your sins .
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Put me in remembrance ,
let us argue together ;
set forth your case ,
that you may be proved right .
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Your first father sinned ,
and your mediators transgressed against me .
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Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary ,
I delivered Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling .