Isaiah:44:6-23
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Thus says Yahweh ,
the King of Israel ,
and his Redeemer ,
Yahweh of hosts :
I am the first ,
and I am the last ;
and besides me there is no God .
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And who is like me ?
Let him call and declare it ,
and set it in order for me ,
since my establishing the ancient people .
And let them declare the things that are coming ,
and that will come to pass ,
to [
those among ]
them .
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Don '
t be (
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afraid ,
neither be scared :
Have I not declared to you of old ,
and shown it ?
And you {+}
are my witnesses .
Is there a God besides me ?
Yes ,
there is no Rock ;
I don '
t know any .
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Those who fashion a graven image are all of them vanity ;
and the things that they delight in will not profit ;
and their own witnesses don '
t see ,
nor know :
that they may be put to shame .
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Who has fashioned a god ,
or molten an image that is profitable for nothing ?
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Look ,
all his partners will be put to shame ;
and the workmen ,
they are of man :
let them all be gathered together ,
let them stand up ;
they will fear ,
they will be put to shame together .
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The blacksmith [
makes ]
an ax ,
and works in the coals ,
and fashions it with hammers ,
and works it with his strong arm :
yes ,
he is hungry ,
and his strength fails ;
he drinks no water ,
and is faint .
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The carpenter stretches out a line ;
he marks it out with a pencil ;
he shapes it with planes ,
and he marks it out with the compasses ,
and shapes it after the figure of a man ,
according to the beauty of man ,
to dwell in a house .
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He cuts down cedars ,
and takes the holm-tree and the oak ,
and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest :
he plants a fir-tree ,
and the rain nourishes it .
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Then it will be for man to burn ;
and he takes of it ,
and warms himself ;
yes ,
he kindles it ,
and bakes bread :
yes ,
he makes a god ,
and worships it ;
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 ;
yes ,
he warms himself ,
and says ,
Aha ,
I am warm ,
I have seen the fire .
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And its residue he makes a god ,
even 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 don '
t know ,
neither do they consider :
for he has shut their eyes ,
that they can '
t see ;
and their hearts ,
that they can '
t understand .
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And none calls to mind ,
neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say ,
I have burned part of it in the fire ;
yes ,
I have also baked bread on its coals ;
I have roasted flesh and eaten it :
and shall I make its residue [
into ]
a disgusting thing ?
Shall I fall down to a piece of wood ?
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He feeds on ashes ;
a deceived heart has turned him aside ;
and he can '
t deliver his soul ,
nor say ,
Is there not a lie in my right hand ?
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Remember these things ,
O Jacob ,
and Israel ;
for you are my slave :
I have formed you ;
you are my slave :
O Israel ,
you will not be forgotten of 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 you (
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heavens ,
for Yahweh has done it ;
shout ,
you {+}
lower parts of the earth ;
break forth into singing ,
you {+}
mountains ,
O forest ,
and every tree in it :
for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob ,
and will glorify himself in Israel .
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