But now thus saith
the Lord 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.
02 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.
03 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
04 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou
hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:
therefore will I give men for thee, and people
for thy life.
05 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy
seed from the east, and gather thee from the
west;
06 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 ends of the earth;
07 Even every one that is called by my name: for
I have created him for my glory, I have formed
him; yea, I have made him.
08 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes,
and the deaf that have ears.
09 Let all the nations be gathered together, and
let the people be assembled: who among them can
declare this, and shew us former things? let them
bring forth their witnesses, that they may be
justified: or let them hear, and say, It is
truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 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 the Lord; and beside me there is
no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have
shewed, when there was no strange god among you:
therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is
none that can deliver out of my hand: I will
work, and who shall let it?
14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy
One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to
Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles,
and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
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15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of
Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the
sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse,
the army and the power; they shall lie down
together, they shall not rise: they are extinct,
they are quenched as tow.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither
consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall
spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even
make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the
desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the
dragons and the owls: because I give waters in
the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give
drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they
shall shew forth my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but
thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of
thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured
me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to
serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with
incense.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money,
neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy
sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve 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 will not
remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers
have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the
sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and
Israel to reproaches.
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