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But you Israel are My servant, Jacob whom I have elected; the seed of My friend Abraham;

But I saw, and there was not a man; and of these, there was not a counselor, that I may ask them, and they could return a word.

Who is blind but My servant? Or deaf, as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as Jehovah's servant?

You see many things, but do not observe; your ears are open, but not any hears.

But it is a people robbed and spoiled; they shall all be snared in holes; they were hidden in prison houses. They were for spoil, and no one delivers; a prey, and no one says, Return!

But now so says Jehovah who formed you, O Jacob; and He who made you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I called you by your name; you are Mine.

But you have not called on Me, Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, Israel.

You have not bought calamus for Me with silver, nor have you filled Me with fat of your sacrifices; but you made Me serve by your sins; you wearied Me by your iniquities.

For My servant Jacob's sake, and for Israel My elect, I entitle you. I name you, but you do not know Me.

For so says Jehovah, Creator of the heavens; He is God, forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be lived in. I am Jehovah, and there is none else.

They carry it on the shoulder; they bear it and set it in its place, and it stands; it shall not move from its place. Yes, he cries to it, but it does not answer, it does not save him from his distress.

But these two things shall suddenly come to you, in one day: loss of children, and widowhood; according to completeness they come on you, for your many sorceries, for the multitude of your great spells.

They are created now, and not from then; even before today, but you did not hear them; lest you should say, See, I knew them.

Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

But Zion said, Jehovah has forsaken me, and, My Lord has forgotten me.

But so says Jehovah, Even the captives of the warrior shall be taken, and the plunder of the terrifying ones shall be delivered. For I will strive with him who contends with you; and I will save your sons.

Look to your father Abraham, and to Sarah who bore you. For he being but one, I called him and blessed him and increased him.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, and the earth shall wear out like a garment; and those living in it shall die in the same way, but My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousnessshall not be broken.

For the moth shall eat them like a garment; yea, the moth worm shall eat them like wool. But My righteousness shall be forever, and My salvation shall be from generation to generation.

But I am Jehovah your God, stirring up the sea and making its waves roar; Jehovah of Hosts is His name.