Isaiah 48:1-22

Hear
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ye this, O house
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of Jacob
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which are called
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by the name
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of Israel
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and are come forth
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out of the waters
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of Judah
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which swear
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by the name
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of the LORD
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and make mention
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of the God
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of Israel
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[but] not in truth
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nor in righteousness
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For they call
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themselves of the holy
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city
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and stay
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themselves upon the God
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of Israel
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The LORD
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of hosts
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[is] his name
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I have declared
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the former things
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from the beginning
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and they went forth
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out of my mouth
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and I shewed
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them; I did
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[them] suddenly
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and they came to pass
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Because I knew
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that thou [art] obstinate
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and thy neck
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[is] an iron
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sinew
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and thy brow
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brass
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I have even from the beginning
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declared
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[it] to thee; before it came to pass
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I shewed
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[it] thee: lest thou shouldest say
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Mine idol
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hath done
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them, and my graven image
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and my molten image
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hath commanded
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Thou hast heard
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see
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all this; and will not ye declare
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[it]? I have shewed
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thee new things
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from this time
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even hidden things
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and thou didst not know
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They are created
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now, and not from the beginning; even before
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the day
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when thou heardest
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them not; lest thou shouldest say
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Behold, I knew
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Yea, thou heardest
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not; yea, thou knewest
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not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear
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was not opened
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for I knew
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that thou wouldest deal very
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treacherously
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and wast called
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a transgressor
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from the womb
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For my name's
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sake will I defer
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mine anger
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and for my praise
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will I refrain
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for thee, that I cut thee not off
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Behold, I have refined
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thee, but not with silver
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I have chosen
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thee in the furnace
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of affliction
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For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do
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[it]: for how should [my name] be polluted
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and I will not give
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my glory
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unto another
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Hearken
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unto me, O Jacob
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and Israel
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my called
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I [am] he; I [am] the first
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I also [am] the last
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Mine hand
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also hath laid the foundation
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of the earth
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and my right hand
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hath spanned
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the heavens
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[when] I call
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unto them, they stand up
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together
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All ye, assemble
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yourselves, and hear
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which among them hath declared
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these [things]? The LORD
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hath loved
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him: he will do
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his pleasure
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on Babylon
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and his arm
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[shall be on] the Chaldeans
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I, [even] I, have spoken
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yea, I have called
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him: I have brought
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him, and he shall make his way
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prosperous
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Come
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ye near
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unto me, hear
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ye this; I have not spoken
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in secret
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from the beginning
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from the time
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that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord
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GOD
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and his Spirit
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hath sent
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Thus saith
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the LORD
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thy Redeemer
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the Holy One
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of Israel
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I [am] the LORD
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thy God
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which teacheth
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thee to profit
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which leadeth
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thee by the way
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[that] thou shouldest go
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O that
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thou hadst hearkened
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to my commandments
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then had thy peace
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been as a river
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and thy righteousness
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as the waves
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of the sea
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Thy seed
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also had been as the sand
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and the offspring
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of thy bowels
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like the gravel
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thereof; his name
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should not have been cut off
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nor destroyed
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from before
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Go ye forth
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of Babylon
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flee
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ye from the Chaldeans
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with a voice
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of singing
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declare
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ye, tell
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this, utter
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it [even] to the end
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of the earth
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say
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ye, The LORD
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hath redeemed
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his servant
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Jacob
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And they thirsted
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not [when] he led
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them through the deserts
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he caused the waters
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to flow
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out of the rock
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for them: he clave
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the rock
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also, and the waters
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gushed out
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[There is] no peace
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saith
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the LORD
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unto the wicked
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