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Hearken to me ,
O Jacob ,
and Israel ,
whom I called !
I am He ,
I am the first ,
and I am the last .
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My hand laid the foundation of the earth ,
and my right hand spread out the heavens ;
when I call to them ,
they stand forth together .
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Assemble ,
all of you ,
and hear !
Who among them has declared these things ?
The LORD loves him ;
he shall perform his purpose on Babylon ,
and his arm shall be against the Chalde '
ans .
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I ,
even I ,
have spoken and called him ,
I have brought him ,
and he will prosper in his way .
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Draw near to me ,
hear this :
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret ,
from the time it came to be I have been there ."
And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit .
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Thus says the LORD ,
your Redeemer ,
the Holy One of Israel : "
I am the LORD your God ,
who teaches you to profit ,
who leads you in the way you should go .
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O that you had hearkened to my commandments !
Then your peace would have been like a river ,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea ;
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your offspring would have been like the sand ,
and your descendants like its grains ;
their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me ."
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Go forth from Babylon ,
flee from Chalde '
a ,
declare this with a shout of joy ,
proclaim it ,
send it forth to the end of the earth ;
say , "
The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob !"
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They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts ;
he made water flow for them from the rock ;
he cleft the rock and the water gushed out .
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There is no peace ,"
says the LORD , "
for the wicked ."