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¹ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.² When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.³ For I am the LORD thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.⁴ Since thou art precious in My sight, and honourable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men for thee, and peoples for thy life.⁵ Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;⁶ I will say to the north: 'Give up,' and to the south: 'Keep not back, bring My sons from far, and My daughters from the end of the earth;⁷ Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.'

⁸ The blind people that have eyes shall be brought forth, and the deaf that have ears.⁹ All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled; who among them can declare this, and announce to us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; and let them hear, and say: 'It is truth.'¹⁰ Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me. ¹¹ I, even I, am the LORD; and beside Me there is no saviour.¹² I have declared, and I have saved, and I have announced, and there was no strange god among you; therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and I am God.¹³ Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?

¹⁴ Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.¹⁵ I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. ¹⁶ Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;¹⁷ Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power--they lie down together, they shall not rise, they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:¹⁸ Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.¹⁹ Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.²⁰ The beasts of the field shall honour Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, Mine elect;²¹ The people which I formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise.

²² Yet thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob, neither hast thou wearied thyself about Me, O Israel.²³ Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense.²⁴ Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.²⁵ I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember.²⁶ Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.²⁷ Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.²⁸ Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.