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Chapter 43 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 |
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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| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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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6 | 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; |
| 7 |
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. |
| 8 | Bring
forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 11 |
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. |
| 12 | 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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| 13 | 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? |
| 14 | 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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15 | I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of
Israel, your King. |
| 16 | Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in
the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; |
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17 | 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. |
| 18 | Remember
ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. |
| 19 |
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. |
| 20 |
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. |
| 21 | This people have I formed for myself; they
shall shew forth my praise. |
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22 | But thou hast not called upon me, O
Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. |
| 23 | 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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24 | 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. |
| 25 | I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy
transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. |
| 26 |
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be
justified. |
| 27
| Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have
transgressed against me. |
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28 | Therefore I have profaned the princes
of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to
reproaches. |
