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ISAIAH
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- 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate,
- And thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- 5Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old;
- Before it came to pass I announced it to thee;
- Lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them,
- And my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'
- 6Thou hast heard, see, all this;
- And ye, will ye not declare it?
- I have announced unto thee new things from this time,
- Even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
- 7They are created now, and not from of old,
- And before this day thou heardest them not;
- Lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'
- 8Yea, thou heardest not;
- Yea, thou knewest not;
- Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened;
- For I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,
- And wast called a transgressor from the womb.
- 9For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger,
- And for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver;
- I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
- 11For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it;
- For how should it be profaned?
- And My glory will I not give to another.
- 12Hearken unto Me, O Jacob,
- And Israel My called:
- I am He; I am the first,
- I also am the last.
- 13Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth,
- And My right hand hath spread out the heavens;
- When I call unto them,
- They stand up together.
- 14Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear;
- Which among them hath declared these things?
- He whom the Lord loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon,
- And show His arm on the Chaldeans.
- 15I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him;
- I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
- 16Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this:
- From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
- From the time that it was, there am I;
- And now the Lord God hath sent me, and His spirit.
- 17Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer,
- The Holy One of Israel:
- I am the Lord thy God,
- Who teacheth thee for thy profit,
- Who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
- 18Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments!
- Then would thy peace be as a river,
- And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
- 19Thy seed also would be as the sand,
- And the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof;
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