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Chapter 48
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Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by
the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters
of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make
mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in
righteousness. |
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For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay
themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts
is his name. |
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I have declared the former things from the beginning;
and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them;
I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. |
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck
is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; |
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I have even from the beginning declared it to thee;
before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest
say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and
my molten image, hath commanded them. |
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Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare
it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even
hidden things, and thou didst not know them. |
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They are created now, and not from the beginning; even
before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou
shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. |
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Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea,
from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew
that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast
called a transgressor from the womb. |
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For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for
my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not
off. |
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. |
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For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do
it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not
give my glory unto another. |
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am
he; I am the first, I also am the last. |
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Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call
unto them, they stand up together. |
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All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among
them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved
him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm
shall be on the Chaldeans. |
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I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have
brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. |
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Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken
in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was,
there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath
sent me. |
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Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to
profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest
go. |
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O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then
had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness
as the waves of the sea: |
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Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring
of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should
not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. |
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Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans,
with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter
it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath
redeemed his servant Jacob. |
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And they thirsted not when he led them through the
deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock
for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed
out. |
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There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. |
