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78 lines
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# Chapter 48
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1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
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who are called by the name of Israel,
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and who came from the waters of Judah,
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who swear by the name of the Lord
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and confess the God of Israel,
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but not in truth or right.
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2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
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and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
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the Lord of hosts is his name.
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3 “The former things I declared of old;
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they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
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then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
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4 Because I know that you are obstinate,
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and your neck is an iron sinew
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and your forehead brass,
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5 I declared them to you from of old,
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before they came to pass I announced them to you,
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lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,
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my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
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6 “You have heard; now see all this;
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and will you not declare it?
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From this time forth I announce to you new things,
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hidden things that you have not known.
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7 They are created now, not long ago;
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before today you have never heard of them,
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lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
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8 You have never heard, you have never known,
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from of old your ear has not been opened.
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For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
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and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
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9 “For my name's sake I defer my anger;
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for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
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that I may not cut you off.
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10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
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I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
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11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
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for how should my name be profaned?
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My glory I will not give to another.
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12 “Listen to me, O Jacob,
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and Israel, whom I called!
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I am he; I am the first,
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and I am the last.
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13 My hand laid the foundation of the earth,
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and my right hand spread out the heavens;
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when I call to them,
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they stand forth together.
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14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
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Who among them has declared these things?
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The Lord loves him;
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he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
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and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
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15 I, even I, have spoken and called him;
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I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
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16 Draw near to me, hear this:
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from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
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from the time it came to be I have been there.”
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And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.
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17 Thus says the Lord,
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your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
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“I am the Lord your God,
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who teaches you to profit,
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who leads you in the way you should go.
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18 Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
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Then your peace would have been like a river,
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and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
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19 your offspring would have been like the sand,
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and your descendants like its grains;
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their name would never be cut off
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or destroyed from before me.”
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20 Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea,
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declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
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send it out to the end of the earth;
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say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
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21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
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he made water flow for them from the rock;
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he split the rock and the water gushed out.
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22 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.” |