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ISAIAH
44.14
- 27Thy first father sinned,
- And thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.
- 28Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
- And I have given Jacob to condemnation,
- And Israel to reviling.
- 44Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant,
- And Israel, whom I have chosen;
- 2Thus saith the Lord that made thee,
- And formed thee from the womb, who will help thee:
- Fear not, O Jacob My servant,
- And thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- 3For I will pour water upon the thirsty land,
- And streams upon the dry ground;
- I will pour My spirit upon thy seed,
- And My blessing upon thine offspring;
- 4And they shall spring up among the grass,
- As willows by the watercourses.
- 5One shall say: 'I am the Lord's';
- And another shall call himself by the name of Jacob;
- And another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
- And surname himself by the name of Israel.
- 6Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel,
- And his Redeemer the Lord of hosts:
- I am the first, and I am the last,
- And beside Me there is no God.
- 7And who, as I, can proclaim—
- Let him declare it, and set it in order for Me—
- Since I appointed the ancient people?
- And the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
- 8Fear ye not, neither be afraid;
- Have I not announced unto thee of old, and declared it?
- And ye are My witnesses.
- Is there a God beside Me?
- Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
- 9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity,
- And their delectable things shall not profit;
- And their own witnesses see not, nor know;
- That they may be ashamed.
- 10Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image
- That is profitable for nothing?
- 11Behold, all the fellows thereof shall be ashamed;
- And the craftsmen skilled above men;
- Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;
- They shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
- 12The smith maketh an axe,
- And worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers,
- And worketh it with his strong arm;
- Yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth;
- He drinketh no water, and is faint.
- 13The carpenter stretcheth out a line;
- He marketh it out with a pencil;
- He fitteth it with planes,
- And he marketh it out with the compasses,
- And maketh it after the figure of a man,
- According to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.
- 14He heweth him down cedars,
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