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1But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob,
- and he who formed you, Israel:
- “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
- I have called you by your name.
- You are mine.
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2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
- and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
- When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
- and flame will not scorch you.
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3For I am Yahweh your God,
- the Holy One of Israel,
- your Savior.
- I have given Egypt as your ransom,
- Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
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4Since you have been precious and honored in my sight,
- and I have loved you;
- therefore I will give people in your place,
- and nations instead of your life.
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5Don’t be afraid; for I am with you.
- I will bring your seed from the east,
- and gather you from the west.
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6I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’
- and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back!
- Bring my sons from far,
- and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
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7everyone who is called by my name,
- and whom I have created for my glory,
- whom I have formed,
- yes, whom I have made.’”
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8Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
- and the deaf who have ears.
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9Let 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, “That is true.”
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10“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh,
- “With my servant whom I have chosen;
- that you may know and believe me,
- and understand that I am he.
- Before me there was no God formed,
- neither will there be after me.
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11I myself am Yahweh;
- and besides me there is no savior.
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12I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown;
- and there was no strange god among you.
- Therefore you are my witnesses,”
- says Yahweh, “and I am God.
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13Yes, since the day was I am he;
- and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- I will work, and who can hinder it?”
14Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
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- Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea,
- and a path in the mighty waters;
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17who brings 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 like a wick):
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18“Don’t remember the former things,
- and don’t consider the things of old.
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19Behold, I will do a new thing.
- It springs forth now.
- Don’t you know it?
- I will even make a way in the wilderness,
- and rivers in the desert.
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20The animals of the field shall honor me,
- the jackals and the ostriches;
- because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,
- to give drink to my people, my chosen,
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21the people which I formed for myself,
- that they might set forth my praise.
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22Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;
- but you have been weary of me, Israel.
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23You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings;
- neither have you honored me with your sacrifices.
- I have not burdened you with offerings,
- nor wearied you with frankincense.
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24You have bought me no sweet cane with money,
- nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices;
- but you have burdened me with your sins.
- You have wearied me with your iniquities.
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25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;
- and I will not remember your sins.
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26Put me in remembrance.
- Let us plead together.
- Set forth your case,
- that you may be justified.
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27Your first father sinned,
- and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
- and I will make Jacob a curse,
- and Israel an insult.”