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[1]HearH8085[H8798] ye this, O houseH1004 of JacobH3290, which are calledH7121[H8737] by the nameH8034 of IsraelH3478, and are come forthH3318[H8804] out of the watersH4325 of JudahH3063, which swearH7650[H8737] by the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068, and make mentionH2142[H8686] of the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, but not in truthH571, nor in righteousnessH6666.
[2]For they callH7121[H8738] themselves of the holyH6944 cityH5892, and stayH5564[H8738] themselves upon the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; The LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 is his nameH8034.
[3]I have declaredH5046[H8689] the former thingsH7223 from the beginningH227; and they went forthH3318[H8804] out of my mouthH6310, and I shewedH8085[H8686] them; I didH6213[H8804] them suddenlyH6597, and they came to passH935.[H8799]
[4]Because I knewH1847 that thou art obstinateH7186, and thy neckH6203 is an ironH1270 sinewH1517, and thy browH4696 brassH5154;
[5]I have even from the beginningH227 declaredH5046[H8686] it to thee; before it came to passH935[H8799] I shewedH8085[H8689] it thee: lest thou shouldest sayH559[H8799], Mine idolH6090 hath doneH6213[H8804] them, and my graven imageH6459, and my molten imageH5262, hath commandedH6680 themH8765.
[6]Thou hast heardH8085[H8804], seeH2372[H8798] all this; and will not ye declareH5046[H8686] it? I have shewedH8085[H8689] thee new thingsH2319 from this timeH6258, even hidden thingsH5341[H8803], and thou didst not knowH3045 themH8804.
[7]They are createdH1254[H8738] now, and not from the beginning; even beforeH6440 the dayH3117 when thou heardestH8085[H8804] them not; lest thou shouldest sayH559[H8799], Behold, I knewH3045 themH8804.
[8]Yea, thou heardestH8085[H8804] not; yea, thou knewestH3045[H8804] not; yea, from that time that thine earH241 was not openedH6605[H8765]: for I knewH3045[H8804] that thou wouldest deal veryH898[H8800] treacherouslyH898[H8799], and wast calledH7121[H8795] a transgressorH6586[H8802] from the wombH990.
[9]For my name'sH8034 sake will I deferH748[H8686] mine angerH639, and for my praiseH8416 will I refrainH2413[H8799] for thee, that I cut thee not offH3772.[H8687]
[10]Behold, I have refinedH6884[H8804] thee, but not with silverH3701; I have chosenH977[H8804] thee in the furnaceH3564 of afflictionH6040.
[11]For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I doH6213[H8799] it: for how should my name be pollutedH2490[H8735]? and I will not giveH5414[H8799] my gloryH3519 unto anotherH312.
[12]HearkenH8085[H8798] unto me, O JacobH3290 and IsraelH3478, my calledH7121[H8794]; I am he; I am the firstH7223, I also am the lastH314.
[13]Mine handH3027 also hath laid the foundationH3245[H8804] of the earthH776, and my right handH3225 hath spannedH2946[H8765] the heavensH8064: when I callH7121[H8802] unto them, they stand upH5975[H8799] togetherH3162.
[14]All ye, assembleH6908[H8734] yourselves, and hearH8085[H8798]; which among them hath declaredH5046[H8689] these things? The LORDH3068 hath lovedH157[H8804] him: he will doH6213[H8799] his pleasureH2656 on BabylonH894, and his armH2220 shall be on the ChaldeansH3778.
[15]I, even I, have spokenH1696[H8765]; yea, I have calledH7121[H8804] him: I have broughtH935[H8689] him, and he shall make his wayH1870 prosperousH6743.[H8689]
[16]ComeH7126[H8798] ye nearH7126[H8798] unto me, hearH8085[H8798] ye this; I have not spokenH1696[H8765] in secretH5643 from the beginningH7218; from the timeH6256 that it was, there am I: and now the LordH136 GODH3069, and his SpiritH7307, hath sentH7971 meH8804.
[17]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068, thy RedeemerH1350[H8802], the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478; I am the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 which teachethH3925[H8764] thee to profitH3276[H8687], which leadethH1869[H8688] thee by the wayH1870 that thou shouldest goH3212.[H8799]
[18]O thatH3863 thou hadst hearkenedH7181[H8689] to my commandmentsH4687! then had thy peaceH7965 been as a riverH5104, and thy righteousnessH6666 as the wavesH1530 of the seaH3220:
[19]Thy seedH2233 also had been as the sandH2344, and the offspringH6631 of thy bowelsH4578 like the gravelH4579 thereof; his nameH8034 should not have been cut offH3772[H8735] nor destroyedH8045[H8735] from before meH6440.
[20]Go ye forthH3318[H8798] of BabylonH894, fleeH1272[H8798] ye from the ChaldeansH3778, with a voiceH6963 of singingH7440 declareH5046[H8685] ye, tellH8085[H8685] this, utterH3318[H8685] it even to the endH7097 of the earthH776; sayH559[H8798] ye, The LORDH3068 hath redeemedH1350[H8804] his servantH5650 JacobH3290.
[21]And they thirstedH6770[H8804] not when he ledH3212[H8689] them through the desertsH2723: he caused the watersH4325 to flowH5140[H8689] out of the rockH6697 for them: he claveH1234[H8799] the rockH6697 also, and the watersH4325 gushed outH2100.[H8799]
[22]There is no peaceH7965, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068, unto the wickedH7563.
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