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They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for you are my slave: I have formed you; you are my slave: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.

Sing, O you heavens, for Yahweh has done it; shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

For Jacob my slave's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you haven't known me.

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of hosts.

For thus says Yahweh that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and did not create it a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no other.

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

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other; [I am] God, and there is none like me;

I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

Sit silent, and get into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.

For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other besides me.

You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let the astrologers stand up now and save you, those observing the stars for determining your horoscopes.

Look, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be charcoal for their bread, nor a fire to sit before.

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of hosts is his name):

Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear wasn't opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will refrain for you, that I don't cut you off.

For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how should I be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.

And they didn't thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.