He shall cry aloud; he shall shout amain;

He shall exert his strength against his enemies.

14 I have long holden my peace; shall I keep silence for ever?

Shall I still contain myself? I will cry out like a woman in travail;

Breathing short, and drawing in my breath with violence.

15 I will make barren the mountains and hills; And burn up all the grass that is upon them :

I will make the rivers dry deserts;

And scorch up the pools of water.

16 I will lead the blind in a way, which they have not known;

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And through paths, which they have not known, will I make them go:

I will turn darkness into light before them;

And the rugged ways into a smooth plain.

These things will I do for them, and will not forsake them.

They are turned backward, they are utterly confounded, who trust in the graven image;

Who

say unto the molten image, Ye are our gods!

Hear, O ye deaf;

And, ye blind, look attentively, that ye may see! 19 Who is blind, but my servant;

And deaf, as he to whom I have sent my messengers?
Who is blind, as he who is perfectly instructed;
And deaf, as the servant of JEHOVAH?

20 Thou hast seen indeed, yet thou dost not regard;
Thine ears are open, yet thou wilt not hear.

21 Yet JEHOVAH was gracious unto him, for his truth's sake;

He hath exalted his own praise, and made it glorious.

22 But this is a people spoiled and plundered;

All their chosen youths are taken in the toils,

And are plunged in the dark dungeons:

They are become a spoil, and there was none to rescue them ;

A plunder, and no one said, Restore.

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Who is there among you, that will listen to this;
That will hearken, and attend to it, for the future?

24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil;

And Israel to the plunderers?

Was it not JEHOVAH; He, against whom they have
sinned;

In whose ways they would not walk;
And whose law they would not obey?

25 Therefore poured he out upon them the heat of his
wrath, and the violence of war:

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And it kindled a flame round about him, yet he did not regard it;

And it set him on fire, yet he did not consider it.

Yet now, thus saith JEHOVAH;

Who created thee, O Jacob; and who formed thee, O
Israel :

Fear thou not, for I have redeemed thee;

I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

2 When thou passest through waters, I am with thee; And through rivers, they shall not overwhelm thee: When thou walkest in the fire, thou shalt not be scorched;

And the flame shall not take hold of thee.

3 For I am JEHOVAH, thy God;

The Holy One of Israel, thy redeemer :
I have given Egypt for thy ransom ;

Cush, and Saba, in thy stead.

4 Because thou hast been precious in my sight,
Thou hast been honoured, and I have loved thee:
Therefore will I give men instead of thee;

And peoples instead of thy soul.

5 Fear thou not, for I am with thee:

From the east I will bring thy children,

And from the west I will gather thee together:

6 I will say to the north, Give up;
And to the south, Withhold not:

Bring my sons from afar;

And my daughters from the ends of the earth:

7 Every one that is called by my name,

Whom for my glory I have created;

Whom I have formed, yea whom I have made.

8 Bring forth the people, blind, although they have

eyes;

And deaf, although they have ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together,

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And let the peoples be collected.

Who among them will declare this;

And will tell us, what first shall come to pass ?

Let them produce their witnesses, that they may be justified;

Or let them hear in their turn, and say, This is true. Ye are my witnesses, saith JEHOVAH ;

Even my servant, whom I have chosen:

That ye may know, and believe me ;
And understand, that I am He.
Before me no god was formed;
And after me none shall exist.

11 I, even I, am JEHOVAH ;

And beside me there is no saviour.

12 I declared my purpose, and I have saved :

I made it known; nor was it any strange god among
you :

And ye are my witnesses, saith JEHOVAH, that I am
God.

13 Even before time was, I am He;

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And there is none that can rescue out of my hand:
I work; and who shall undo what I have done?

Thus saith JEHOVAH,

Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake have I sent unto Babylon; And I will bring down all her strong bars; And the Chaldeans, exulting in their ships: 15 I am JEHOVAH, your Holy One;

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The creator of Israel, your king.

Thus saith JEHOVAH;

Who made a way in the sea,

And a path in the mighty waters;

17 Who brought forth the rider and the horse, the army and the warrior;

Together they lay down, they rose no more;

They were extinguished, they were quenched like tow:

18 Remember not the former things;

And the things of ancient times regard not;

19 Behold, I make a new thing;

Even now shall it spring forth: will ye not regard it?
Yea I will make in the wilderness a way;

In the desert, streams of water.

20 The wild beast of the field shall glorify me;
The dragons, and the daughters of the ostrich :
Because I have given waters in the wilderness;
And flowing streams in the desert;

To give drink to my people, my chosen :

21 This people, whom I have formed for myself;
Who shall recount my praise.

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But thou hast not invoked me, O Jacob;

Neither on my account hast thou laboured, O Israel! 23 Thou hast not brought to me the lamb of thy burntoffering;

Neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices.

I have not burthened thee with exacting oblations; Nor wearied thee with demands of frankincense : 24 Thou hast not purchased for me with silver the aromatic seed;

Neither hast thou satiated me with the fat of thy sacri-
fices.

On the contrary, thou hast burthened me with thy sins;
Thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

25 I, even I, am He;

I blot out thy transgressions for mine own sake;

And thy sins I will not remember.

26 Remind me of thy plea; let us be judged on equal

terms:

Set forth thine own cause, that thou mayest clear thyself.

27 Thy chief leader hath sinned;

And thy public teachers have revolted from me;
28 And thy princes have profaned my sanctuary:
Therefore will I give up Jacob for a devoted thing,
And Israel to reproach.

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BUT hear now, O Jacob, my servant;
And Israel, whom I have chosen :
2 Thus saith JEHOVAH, thy maker;

And he that formed thee from the womb, and will help thee:

Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob;

And, O Jeshurun, whom I have chosen :
3 For I will pour out waters on the thirsty;
And flowing streams on the dry ground
I will pour out my spirit on thy seed;
And my blessing on thine offspring.

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4 And they shall spring up as the grass among the waters; As the willows beside the aqueducts.

5 One shall say, I belong to JEHOVAH;

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And another shall be called by the name of Jacob:

And this shall inscribe his hand to JEHOVAH;

And shall be surnamed by the name of Israel.

Thus saith JEHOVAH, the king of Israel;
And his redeemer, JEHOVAH God of Hosts:

I am the first, and I am the last;

And beside me there is no God.

7 And who is like me, that he should call forth this event, And make it known beforehand, and dispose it for me, From the time that I appointed the people of the destined age?

The things that are now coming, and are to come hereafter, let them declare unto us.

8 Fear ye not, neither be ye afraid :

Have I not declared it unto you from the first?

Yea, I have foreshewn it: and ye are my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me ?

Yea, there is no other sure protector; I know not any. 9 They that form the graven image are all of them vanity; And their most curious works shall not profit.

Yea, their works themselves bear witness to them, That they see not, and that they understand not: 10 That every one may be ashamed that he hath formed a god,

And cast a graven image, that profiteth not.

11 Behold, all his associates shall be ashamed;

Even the workmen themselves shall blush:

They shall assemble all of them; they shall present themselves;

They shall fear, and be ashamed together.