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# Chapter 43
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1 But now thus says the Lord,
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he who created you, O Jacob,
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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 name, 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 overwhelm you;
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when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
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and the flame shall not consume 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 give Egypt as your ransom,
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Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
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4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
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and honored, and I love you,
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I give men in return for you,
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peoples in exchange for your life.
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5 Fear not, for I am with you;
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I will bring your offspring from the east,
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and from the west I will gather you.
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6 I will say to the north, Give up,
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and to the south, Do not withhold;
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bring my sons from afar
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and my daughters from the end of the earth,
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7 everyone who is called by my name,
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whom I created for my glory,
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whom I formed and made.”
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8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
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who are deaf, yet have ears!
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9 All the nations gather together,
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and the peoples assemble.
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Who among them can declare this,
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and show us the former things?
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Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
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and let them hear and say, It is true.
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10 “You are my witnesses,” declares 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 no god was formed,
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nor shall there be any after me.
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11 I, I am the Lord,
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and besides me there is no savior.
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12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
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when there was no strange god among you;
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and you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
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13 Also henceforth I am he;
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there is none who can deliver from my hand;
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I work, and who can turn it back?”
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14 Thus says the Lord,
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your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
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“For your sake I send to Babylon
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and bring them all down as fugitives,
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even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
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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,
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who makes a way in the sea,
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a path in the mighty waters,
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17 who brings forth chariot and horse,
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army and warrior;
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they lie down, they cannot rise,
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they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
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18 “Remember not the former things,
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nor consider the things of old.
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19 Behold, I am doing a new thing;
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now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
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I will make a way in the wilderness
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and rivers in the desert.
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20 The wild beasts will honor me,
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the jackals and the ostriches,
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for I give water in the wilderness,
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rivers in the desert,
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to give drink to my chosen people,
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21 the people whom I formed for myself
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that they might declare my praise.
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22 “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
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but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
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23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
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or honored me with your sacrifices.
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I have not burdened you with offerings,
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or wearied you with frankincense.
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24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
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or 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, I am he
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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; let us argue together;
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set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
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27 Your first father sinned,
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and your mediators transgressed against me.
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28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
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and deliver Jacob to utter destruction
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and Israel to reviling. |