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And the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer,

The God of the whole earth shall He be called.

⁶For the Lord hath called thee

As a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit;

And a wife of youth, can she be rejected?

Saith thy God.

⁷For a small moment have I forsaken thee;

But with great compassion will I gather thee.

⁸In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment;

But with everlasting kindness will I have compassion on thee,

Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me;

For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah

Should no more go over the earth,

So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee,

Nor rebuke thee.

¹⁰For the mountains may depart,

And the hills be removed;

But My kindness shall not depart from thee,

Neither shall My covenant of peace be removed,

Saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee.

 

¹¹O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest,

And not comforted,

Behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours,

And lay thy foundations with sapphires.

¹²And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies,

And thy gates of carbuncles,

And all thy border of precious stones.

¹³And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord;

And great shall be the peace of thy children.

¹⁴In righteousness shalt thou be established;

Be thou far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear,

And from ruin, for it shall not come near thee.

¹⁵Behold, they may gather together, but not by Me;

Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.

¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith

That bloweth the fire of coals,

And bringeth forth a weapon for his work;

And I have created the waster to destroy.

¹⁷No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;

And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And their due reward from Me, saith the Lord.

 

55Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye for water,

And he that hath no money;

Come ye, buy, and eat;

Yea, come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without price.

²Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?

And your gain for that which satisfieth not?

Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good,

And let your soul delight itself in fatness.

³Incline your ear, and come unto Me;

Hear, and your soul shall live;

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