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[1]Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come 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.
[2]For they are called of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
[3]I have declared the former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, and I showed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
[4]Because I knew, that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
[5]Therefore I have declared it to thee of old: before it came to pass, I showed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my carved image, and my molten image hath commanded them.
[6]Thou hast heard, behold all this, and will not ye declare it? I have showed thee new things, even now, and hid things, which thou knewest not.
[7]They are created now, and not of old, and even before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
[8]Yet thou heardest them not, neither didst know them, neither yet was thine ear opened of old: for I knew that thou wouldest grievously transgress: therefore have I called thee a transgressor from the womb.
[9]For my name's sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refrain it from thee, that I cut thee not off.
[10]Behold, I have fined thee, but not as sliver: I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
[11]For mine own sake, for mine own sake will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? Surely I will not give my glory unto another.
[12]Hear me, O Jacob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
[13]Surely mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call them, they stand up together.
[14]All you, assemble yourselves, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his will in Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
[15]I, even I have spoken it, and I have called him: I have brought him, and his way shall prosper.
[16]Come near unto me: hear ye this: I have not spoken it in secret from the beginning: from the time that the thing was, I was there, and now the Lord God and his spirit hath sent me.
[17]Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord thy God, which teach thee to profit, and lead thee by the way, that thou shouldest go.
[18]Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy prosperity been as the flood, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.
[19]Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the fruit of thy body like the gravel thereof: his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed before me.
[20]Go ye out of Babylon: flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of joy: tell and declare this: show it forth to the end of the earth: say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
[21]And they were not thirsty: he led them through the wilderness: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: for he clave the rock, and the water gushed out.
[22]There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
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