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It is I who have declared and saved and caused it to be heard,And there was no strange god among you;So you are My witnesses," declares Yahweh,"And I am God.

So I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,And I will give Jacob to be devoted to destruction and Israel to revilement.

Those who form a graven image are all of them futile, and their desirable things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Another crafts wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a stylus. He makes it with planes and outlines it with a compass and makes it like the form of a man, like the glory of man, so that it may sit in a house.

Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also works to produce a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they will have no insight.

Thus says Yahweh to Cyrus His anointed,Whom I have taken hold of by his right hand,To subdue nations before himAnd to loose the loins of kings,To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

I will give you the treasures of darknessAnd hidden wealth of secret places,So that you may know that it is I,Yahweh, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

"So now, hear this, you sensual one,Who sits securely,Who says in your heart,‘I am, and there is no one besides me.I will not sit as a widow,Nor know loss of children.'

You felt secure in your evil and said,‘No one sees me,'Your wisdom and your knowledge have turned you astray;So you have said in your heart,‘I am, and there is no one besides me.'

So now says Yahweh, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,To return Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him(For I am glorified in the sight of Yahweh,And My God is My strength),

Why was there no man when I came?When I called, why was there none to answer?Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?Or have I no power to deliver?Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke;I make the rivers a wilderness;Their fish stink for lack of waterAnd die of thirst.

So the ransomed of Yahweh will returnAnd come with joyful shouting to Zion,And everlasting gladness will be on their heads.They will obtain joy and gladness,And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

So now, what do I have here," declares Yahweh, "since My people have been taken away for nothing?" Yahweh declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Just as many were appalled at you, My people,So His appearance was marred more than any manAnd His form more than the sons of men.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not open His mouth;Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth.

So His grave was assigned with wicked men,Yet He was with a rich man in His death,Because He had done no violence,Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

"For this is like the days of Noah to Me,When I swore that the waters of NoahWould not overflow the earth again;So I have sworn that I will not be furious with youNor will I rebuke you.

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,So are My ways higher than your waysAnd My thoughts than your thoughts.

So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;It will not return to Me empty,Without accomplishing what pleases Me,And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.