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# Chapter 43
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1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
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And He who formed you, O Israel:
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“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
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I have called you by your name;
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You are Mine.
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2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
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And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
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When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
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Nor shall the flame scorch you.
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3 For I am the Lord your God,
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The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
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I gave Egypt for your ransom,
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Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
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4 Since you were precious in My sight,
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You have been honored,
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And I have loved you;
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Therefore I will give men for you,
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And people for your life.
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5 Fear not, for I am with you;
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I will bring your descendants from the east,
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And gather you from the west;
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6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
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And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
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Bring My sons from afar,
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And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
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7 Everyone who is called by My name,
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Whom I have created for My glory;
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I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
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8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
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And the deaf who have ears.
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9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
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And let the people be assembled.
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Who among them can declare this,
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And show us former things?
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Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
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Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
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10 “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
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“And My servant whom I have chosen,
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That you may know and believe Me,
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And understand that I am He.
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Before Me there was no God formed,
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Nor shall there be after Me.
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11 I, even I, am the Lord,
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And besides Me there is no savior.
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12 I have declared and saved,
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I have proclaimed,
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And there was no foreign god among you;
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Therefore you are My witnesses,”
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Says the Lord, “that I am God.
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13 Indeed before the day was, I am He;
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And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
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I work, and who will reverse it?”
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14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
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The Holy One of Israel:
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“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
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And bring them all down as fugitives—
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The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
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15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
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The Creator of Israel, your King.”
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16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea
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And a path through the mighty waters,
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17 Who brings forth the chariot and horse,
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The army and the power
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(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
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They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
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18 “Do not remember the former things,
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Nor consider the things of old.
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19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
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Now it shall spring forth;
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Shall you not know it?
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I will even make a road in the wilderness
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And rivers in the desert.
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20 The beast of the field will honor Me,
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The jackals and the ostriches,
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Because I give waters in the wilderness
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And rivers in the desert,
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To give drink to My people, My chosen.
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21 This people I have formed for Myself;
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They shall declare My praise.
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22 “But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
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And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
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23 You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
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Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
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I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
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Nor wearied you with incense.
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24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
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Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
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But you have burdened Me with your sins,
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You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
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25 “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake;
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And I will not remember your sins.
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26 Put Me in remembrance;
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Let us contend together;
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State your case, that you may be acquitted.
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27 Your first father sinned,
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And your mediators have transgressed against Me.
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28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
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I will give Jacob to the curse,
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And Israel to reproaches. |