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They could not deliver the burden;

And themselves are gone into captivity.

³Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob,

And all the remnant of the house of Israel,

That are borne [by Me] from the birth,

That are carried from the womb:

⁴Even to old age I am the same,

And even to hoar hairs will I carry you;

I have made, and I will bear;

Yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

 

⁵To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal,

And compare Me, that we may be like?

⁶Ye that lavish gold out of the bag,

And weigh silver in the balance;

Ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god,

To fall down thereto, yea, to worship.

⁷He is borne upon the shoulder, he is carried,

And set in his place, and he standeth,

From his place he doth not remove;

Yea, though one cry unto him, he cannot answer,

Nor save him out of his trouble.

 

⁸Remember this, and stand fast;

Bring it to mind, O ye transgressors.

⁹Remember the former things of old:

That I am God, and there is none else;

I am God, and there is none like Me;

¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things that are not yet done;

Saying: 'My counsel shall stand,

And all My pleasure will I do';

¹¹Calling a bird of prey from the east,

The man of My counsel from a far country;

Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass,

I have purposed, I will also do it.

 

¹²Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted,

That are far from righteousness:

¹³I bring near My righteousness, it shall not be far off,

And My salvation shall not tarry;

And I will place salvation in Zion

For Israel My glory.

 

47Come down, and sit in the dust,

O virgin daughter of Babylon,

Sit on the ground without a throne,

O daughter of the Chaldeans;

For thou shalt no more be called

Tender and delicate.

²Take the millstones, and grind meal;

Remove thy veil,

Strip off the train, uncover the leg,

Pass through the rivers.

³Thy nakedness shall be uncovered,

Yea, thy shame shall be seen;

I will take vengeance,

And will let no man intercede.

⁴Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,

The Holy One of Israel.

⁵Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness,

O daughter of the Chaldeans;

For thou shalt no more be called

The mistress of kingdoms.

⁶I was wroth with My people,

I profaned Mine inheritance,

And gave them into thy hand;

Thou didst show them no mercy;

Upon the aged hast thou very heavily

Laid thy yoke.

⁷And thou saidst:

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