Hear <H8085> ye this, O house <H1004> of Jacob, <H3290> which are called <H7121> by the name <H8034> of Israel, <H3478> and are come forth <H3318> out of the waters <H4325> of Judah, <H3063> which swear <H7650> by the name <H8034> of the LORD, <H3068> and make mention <H2142> of the God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> [but] not in truth, <H0571> nor in righteousness. <H6666>
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For they call <H7121> themselves of the holy <H6944> city, <H5892> and stay <H5564> themselves upon the God <H0430> of Israel; <H3478> The LORD <H3068> of hosts <H6635> [is] his name. <H8034>
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I have declared <H5046> the former things <H7223> from the beginning; <H0227> and they went forth <H3318> out of my mouth, <H6310> and I shewed <H8085> them; I did <H6213> [them] suddenly, <H6597> and they came to pass. <H0935>
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Because I knew <H1847> that thou [art] obstinate, <H7186> and thy neck <H6203> [is] an iron <H1270> sinew, <H1517> and thy brow <H4696> brass; <H5154>
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I have even from the beginning <H0227> declared <H5046> [it] to thee; before it came to pass <H0935> I shewed <H8085> [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say, <H0559> Mine idol <H6090> hath done <H6213> them, and my graven image, <H6459> and my molten image, <H5262> hath commanded <H6680> them.
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Thou hast heard, <H8085> see <H2372> all this; and will not ye declare <H5046> [it]? I have shewed <H8085> thee new things <H2319> from this time, <H6258> even hidden things, <H5341> and thou didst not know <H3045> them.
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They are created <H1254> now, and not from the beginning; even before <H6440> the day <H3117> when thou heardest <H8085> them not; lest thou shouldest say, <H0559> Behold, I knew <H3045> them.
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Yea, thou heardest <H8085> not; yea, thou knewest <H3045> not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear <H0241> was not opened: <H6605> for I knew <H3045> that thou wouldest deal very <H0898> treacherously, <H0898> and wast called <H7121> a transgressor <H6586> from the womb. <H0990>
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For my name's <H8034> sake will I defer <H0748> mine anger, <H0639> and for my praise <H8416> will I refrain <H2413> for thee, that I cut thee not off. <H3772>
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Behold, I have refined <H6884> thee, but not with silver; <H3701> I have chosen <H0977> thee in the furnace <H3564> of affliction. <H6040>
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For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do <H6213> [it]: for how should [my name] be polluted? <H2490> and I will not give <H5414> my glory <H3519> unto another. <H0312>
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Hearken <H8085> unto me, O Jacob <H3290> and Israel, <H3478> my called; <H7121> I [am] he; I [am] the first, <H7223> I also [am] the last. <H0314>
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Mine hand <H3027> also hath laid the foundation <H3245> of the earth, <H0776> and my right hand <H3225> hath spanned <H2946> the heavens: <H8064> [when] I call <H7121> unto them, they stand up <H5975> together. <H3162>
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All ye, assemble <H6908> yourselves, and hear; <H8085> which among them hath declared <H5046> these [things]? The LORD <H3068> hath loved <H0157> him: he will do <H6213> his pleasure <H2656> on Babylon, <H0894> and his arm <H2220> [shall be on] the Chaldeans. <H3778>
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I, [even] I, have spoken; <H1696> yea, I have called <H7121> him: I have brought <H0935> him, and he shall make his way <H1870> prosperous. <H6743>
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Come ye near <H7126> unto me, hear <H8085> ye this; I have not spoken <H1696> in secret <H5643> from the beginning; <H7218> from the time <H6256> that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord <H0136> GOD, <H3069> and his Spirit, <H7307> hath sent <H7971> me.
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Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> thy Redeemer, <H1350> the Holy One <H6918> of Israel; <H3478> I [am] the LORD <H3068> thy God <H0430> which teacheth <H3925> thee to profit, <H3276> which leadeth <H1869> thee by the way <H1870> [that] thou shouldest go. <H3212>
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O that <H3863> thou hadst hearkened <H7181> to my commandments! <H4687> then had thy peace <H7965> been as a river, <H5104> and thy righteousness <H6666> as the waves <H1530> of the sea: <H3220>
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Thy seed <H2233> also had been as the sand, <H2344> and the offspring <H6631> of thy bowels <H4578> like the gravel <H4579> thereof; his name <H8034> should not have been cut off <H3772> nor destroyed <H8045> from before <H6440> me.
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Go ye forth <H3318> of Babylon, <H0894> flee <H1272> ye from the Chaldeans, <H3778> with a voice <H6963> of singing <H7440> declare <H5046> ye, tell <H8085> this, utter <H3318> it [even] to the end <H7097> of the earth; <H0776> say <H0559> ye, The LORD <H3068> hath redeemed <H1350> his servant <H5650> Jacob. <H3290>
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And they thirsted <H6770> not [when] he led <H3212> them through the deserts: <H2723> he caused the waters <H4325> to flow <H5140> out of the rock <H6697> for them: he clave <H1234> the rock <H6697> also, and the waters <H4325> gushed out. <H2100>
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[There is] no peace, <H7965> saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> unto the wicked. <H7563>