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So says Jehovah ,
the King of Israel ,
and His redeemer Jehovah of hosts ;
I [
am ]
the first ,
and I [
am ]
the last ;
and besides 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 placed the people of old ?
And the things that are coming ,
and shall come ,
let them declare to them .
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Fear not ,
nor be afraid ;
have I not told you and made you hear since then ?
So you [
are ]
My witnesses .
Is there a God besides Me ?
Yea , [
there is ]
none .
I have not known a Rock .
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Those who make a graven image [
are ]
all of them vanity ;
and the things in which they delight shall not help ;
and they [
are ]
their own witnesses .
They do not see nor know ,
that they may be ashamed .
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Who has formed a god ,
or melted a graven image that is good for nothing ?
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Behold ,
all his companions shall be ashamed ;
and the craftsmen ;
they [
are ]
from men .
They shall assemble ;
all of them shall stand ;
they shall dread ;
they shall be ashamed together .
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He engraves iron with a tool .
He works in the coals ,
and forms it with hammers ,
and works it with the strength of his arms .
Then ,
he is hungry ,
and his strength fails ;
he drinks no water ,
and is weak .
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He fashions wood ,
and stretches a line ;
he marks it out with a pencil ;
he shapes it with carving tools ,
and he marks it out with the compass ,
and makes it after the figure of a man ,
according to the beauty of a man ,
to sit [
in the ]
house .
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He cuts down cedars ,
and takes cypress and oak ,
which he makes the trees of the forest strong for him ;
he plants a tree ,
and the rain makes [
it ]
grow .
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And it shall be for a man to burn ;
for he will take some of it and warm himself .
Yes ,
he kindles [
it ]
and bakes bread ;
yes ,
he makes a god and worships ;
he makes it a graven image and falls down to it .
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He burns part of it in the fire ;
with part of it he eats flesh ;
he roasts roast and is satisfied ;
yea ,
he warms [
himself ],
and says ,
Aha ,
I am warm ,
I have seen the fire .
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And the rest of it he makes into a god ,
his graven image ;
he falls down to it and worships ,
and prays to it ,
and says ,
Deliver me !
for you [
are ]
my god .
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They have not known nor understood ;
for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see ; [
and ]
their hearts so that they cannot understand .
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And none thinks within his heart ,
nor [
is there ]
knowledge nor understanding to say ,
I have burned part of it in the fire ;
yea ,
also I have baked bread on the coals of it ;
I have roasted flesh and eaten ;
and shall I make the rest of it an abomination ?
Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ?
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He feeds on ashes ;
a deceived heart has turned him aside ,
so 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 you [
are ]
My servant ;
I have formed you ;
you [
are ]
My servant ;
O Israel ,
you shall not be forgotten by Me .
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I have blotted out ,
as a thick cloud ,
your transgressions ,
and ,
as a cloud ,
your sins ;
return to Me ;
for I have redeemed you .
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Sing ,
O heavens ;
for the LORD has done [
it ].
Shout ,
lower parts of the earth .
Break out into singing ,
O mountains ,
O forest ,
and every tree in it .
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob ,
and glorified Himself in Israel .