| 1 But now thus saith Jehovah 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. 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I
have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead
of thy life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from
the east, and gather thee from the west; 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 end of the earth; 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom
I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
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 peoples be
assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let
them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and
say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, 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 Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have
declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange
god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am
God. 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver
out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? 14 Thus saith Jehovah,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the
ships of their rejoicing. 15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of
Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and
a path in the mighty waters; 17 who bringeth forth the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise;
they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): 18 Remember ye not the
former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a
new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make
a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beasts of the
field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in
the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my
chosen, 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth
my praise. 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast
been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for
burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not
burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense. 24 Thou
hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the
fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me 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 I will not remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy
cause, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father sinned, and
thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I will profane the
princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a
reviling.
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