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"Keep these matters in mind, Ya‘akov, for you, Isra'el, are my servant. I formed you, you are my own servant; Isra'el, don't forget me.

Like a thick cloud, I wipe away your offenses; like a cloud, your sins. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you."

Sing, you heavens, for Adonai has done it! Shout, you depths of the earth! Mountains, break out into song, along with every tree in the forest! For Adonai has redeemed Ya‘akov; he glorifies himself in Isra'el.

It is for the sake of Ya‘akov my servant, yes, for Isra'el my elect, that I call you by your name and give you a title, although you don't know me.

Thus says Adonai , the Holy One of Isra'el, his Maker: "You ask for signs concerning my children? You give orders concerning the work of my hands?

For thus says Adonai , who created the heavens, God, who shaped and made the earth, who established and created it not to be chaos, but formed it to be lived in: "I am Adonai ; there is no other.

Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God; there is no other.

I am bringing my justice nearer, it is not far away; my salvation will not be delayed, I will place my salvation in Tziyon for Isra'el my glory.

"Sit there speechless, go into darkness, you daughter of the Kasdim! For you will no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.

So for now, keep on with your powerful spells and your many occult practices; from childhood you have been working at them; maybe they will do you some good, maybe you will inspire terror!

Look, they will be like straw! The fire will consume them. They will not save even themselves from the power of the flame. It will not be coals for warming oneself, not a fire to sit beside!

So much for your [wizards], with whom you have worked all your life! Each will wander off in his own direction, and nobody will save you.

I announced it to you long ago; before it occurred, I proclaimed it to you; so that you could not say, ‘My idol did it; my carved image, my statue, gave the order for it.'

No, you haven't heard, and you haven't known; these things have not reached your ears before. For I knew how treacherous you were — you were called a rebel from the womb.

Yet for the sake of my own reputation I am deferring my anger; for the sake of my praise I am patient with you, so as not to cut you off.

For my sake I will do it, for my own sake. I will not let [my reputation] be tarnished; I will not yield my glory to anyone else.

Thus says Adonai , your Redeemer, the Holy One of Isra'el: "I am Adonai , your God, who teaches you for your own good, who guides you on the path you should take.

They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts, he made water flow from the rock for them — he split the rock, and out gushed the water.

But there is no peace, says Adonai , for the wicked.

But I said, "I have toiled in vain, spent my strength for nothing, futility." Yet my cause is with Adonai , my reward is with my God.