Keep silence <H2790> before me, O islands; <H0339> and let the people <H3816> renew <H2498> [their] strength: <H3581> let them come near; <H5066> then let them speak: <H1696> let us come near <H7126> together <H3162> to judgment. <H4941>
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Who raised up <H5782> the righteous <H6664> [man] from the east, <H4217> called <H7121> him to his foot, <H7272> gave <H5414> the nations <H1471> before <H6440> him, and made [him] rule <H7287> over kings? <H4428> he gave <H5414> [them] as the dust <H6083> to his sword, <H2719> [and] as driven <H5086> stubble <H7179> to his bow. <H7198>
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He pursued <H7291> them, [and] passed <H5674> safely; <H7965> [even] by the way <H0734> [that] he had not gone <H0935> with his feet. <H7272>
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Who hath wrought <H6466> and done <H6213> [it], calling <H7121> the generations <H1755> from the beginning? <H7218> I the LORD, <H3068> the first, <H7223> and with the last; <H0314> I [am] he.
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The isles <H0339> saw <H7200> [it], and feared; <H3372> the ends <H7098> of the earth <H0776> were afraid, <H2729> drew near, <H7126> and came. <H0857>
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They helped <H5826> every one <H0376> his neighbour; <H7453> and [every one] said <H0559> to his brother, <H0251> Be of good courage. <H2388>
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So the carpenter <H2796> encouraged <H2388> the goldsmith, <H6884> [and] he that smootheth <H2505> [with] the hammer <H6360> him that smote <H1986> the anvil, <H6471> saying, <H0559> It [is] ready <H2896> for the sodering: <H1694> and he fastened <H2388> it with nails, <H4548> [that] it should not be moved. <H4131>
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But thou, Israel, <H3478> [art] my servant, <H5650> Jacob <H3290> whom I have chosen, <H0977> the seed <H2233> of Abraham <H0085> my friend. <H0157>
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[Thou] whom I have taken <H2388> from the ends <H7098> of the earth, <H0776> and called <H7121> thee from the chief men <H0678> thereof, and said <H0559> unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; <H5650> I have chosen <H0977> thee, and not cast thee away. <H3988>
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Fear <H3372> thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; <H8159> for I [am] thy God: <H0430> I will strengthen <H0553> thee; yea, I will help <H5826> thee; yea, I will uphold <H8551> thee with the right hand <H3225> of my righteousness. <H6664>
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Behold, all they that were incensed <H2734> against thee shall be ashamed <H0954> and confounded: <H3637> they shall be as nothing; and they <H0582> that strive <H7379> with thee shall perish. <H0006>
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Thou shalt seek <H1245> them, and shalt not find <H4672> them, [even] them <H0582> that contended <H4695> with thee: they <H0582> that war <H4421> against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. <H0657>
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For I the LORD <H3068> thy God <H0430> will hold <H2388> thy right hand, <H3225> saying <H0559> unto thee, Fear <H3372> not; I will help <H5826> thee.
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Fear <H3372> not, thou worm <H8438> Jacob, <H3290> [and] ye men <H4962> of Israel; <H3478> I will help <H5826> thee, saith <H5002> the LORD, <H3068> and thy redeemer, <H1350> the Holy One <H6918> of Israel. <H3478>
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Behold, I will make <H7760> thee a new <H2319> sharp <H2742> threshing instrument <H4173> having <H1167> teeth: <H6374> thou shalt thresh <H1758> the mountains, <H2022> and beat [them] small, <H1854> and shalt make <H7760> the hills <H1389> as chaff. <H4671>
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Thou shalt fan <H2219> them, and the wind <H7307> shall carry them away, <H5375> and the whirlwind <H5591> shall scatter <H6327> them: and thou shalt rejoice <H1523> in the LORD, <H3068> [and] shalt glory <H1984> in the Holy One <H6918> of Israel. <H3478>
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[When] the poor <H6041> and needy <H0034> seek <H1245> water, <H4325> and [there is] none, [and] their tongue <H3956> faileth <H5405> for thirst, <H6772> I the LORD <H3068> will hear <H6030> them, I the God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> will not forsake <H5800> them.
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I will open <H6605> rivers <H5104> in high places, <H8205> and fountains <H4599> in the midst <H8432> of the valleys: <H1237> I will make <H7760> the wilderness <H4057> a pool <H0098> of water, <H4325> and the dry <H6723> land <H0776> springs <H4161> of water. <H4325>
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I will plant <H5414> in the wilderness <H4057> the cedar, <H0730> the shittah tree, <H7848> and the myrtle, <H1918> and the oil <H8081> tree; <H6086> I will set <H7760> in the desert <H6160> the fir tree, <H1265> [and] the pine, <H8410> and the box tree <H8391> together: <H3162>
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That they may see, <H7200> and know, <H3045> and consider, <H7760> and understand <H7919> together, <H3162> that the hand <H3027> of the LORD <H3068> hath done <H6213> this, and the Holy One <H6918> of Israel <H3478> hath created <H1254> it.
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Produce <H7126> your cause, <H7379> saith <H0559> the LORD; <H3068> bring forth <H5066> your strong <H6110> [reasons], saith <H0559> the King <H4428> of Jacob. <H3290>
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Let them bring [them] forth, <H5066> and shew <H5046> us what shall happen: <H7136> let them shew <H5046> the former things, <H7223> what they [be], that we may consider <H7760> <H3820> them, and know <H3045> the latter end of them; <H0319> or declare <H8085> us things for to come. <H0935>
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Shew <H5046> the things that are to come <H0857> hereafter, <H0268> that we may know <H3045> that ye [are] gods: <H0430> yea, do good, <H3190> or do evil, <H7489> that we may be dismayed, <H8159> and behold <H7200> [it] together. <H3162>
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Behold, ye [are] of nothing, <H0369> and your work <H6467> of nought: <H0659> an abomination <H8441> [is he that] chooseth <H0977> you.
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I have raised up <H5782> [one] from the north, <H6828> and he shall come: <H0857> from the rising <H4217> of the sun <H8121> shall he call <H7121> upon my name: <H8034> and he shall come <H0935> upon princes <H5461> as [upon] morter, <H2563> and as the potter <H3335> treadeth <H7429> clay. <H2916>
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Who hath declared <H5046> from the beginning, <H7218> that we may know? <H3045> and beforetime, <H6440> that we may say, <H0559> [He is] righteous? <H6662> yea, [there is] none that sheweth, <H5046> yea, [there is] none that declareth, <H8085> yea, [there is] none that heareth <H8085> your words. <H0561>
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The first <H7223> [shall say] to Zion, <H6726> Behold, <H2009> behold <H2009> them: and I will give <H5414> to Jerusalem <H3389> one that bringeth good tidings. <H1319>
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For I beheld, <H7200> and [there was] no man; <H0376> even among them, and [there was] no counsellor, <H3289> that, when I asked <H7592> of them, could answer <H7725> a word. <H1697>
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Behold, they [are] all vanity; <H0205> their works <H4639> [are] nothing: <H0657> their molten images <H5262> [are] wind <H7307> and confusion. <H8414>