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43.9
ISAIAH
- And let them hear, and say: 'It is truth.'
- 10Ye 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 any be after Me.
- 11I, even I, am the Lord;
- And beside Me there is no saviour.
- 12I have declared, and I have saved,
- And I have announced,
- And there was no strange god among you;
- Therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
- 13Yea, since the day was I am He,
- And there is none that can deliver out of My hand;
- I will work, and who can reverse it?
- 14Thus saith the Lord, 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 shouting.
- 15I am the Lord, your Holy One,
- The Creator of Israel, your King.
- 16Thus saith the Lord, who maketh a way in the sea,
- And a path in the mighty waters;
- 17Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse,
- The army and the power—
- They lie down together, they shall not rise,
- They are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:
- 18Remember ye not the former things,
- Neither consider the things of old.
- 19Behold, 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.
- 20The beasts of the field shall honour Me,
- The jackals and the ostriches;
- Because I give waters in the wilderness,
- And rivers in the desert,
- To give drink to My people, Mine elect;
- 21The people which I formed for Myself,
- That they might tell of My praise.
- 22Yet thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob,
- Neither hast thou wearied thyself about Me, O Israel.
- 23Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings;
- Neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices.
- I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering,
- Nor wearied thee with frankincense.
- 24Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money,
- Neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices;
- But thou hast burdened Me with thy sins,
- Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.
- 25I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake;
- And thy sins I will not remember.
- 26Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together;
- Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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