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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 con-
founded, 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:

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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.

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.

CHAP. XLIII.

YET now, thus saith JEHOVAH,

Who created thee, O Jacob; and who framed 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;

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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.

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Bring forth the people, blind, although they have

eyes;

And deaf, although they have ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, And let the peoples be collected.

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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:

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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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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.

22 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 burdened thee with exacting oblations; Nor wearied thee with demands of frankincense: 24 Thou hast not purchased for me with silver the aromatic reed;

Neither hast thou satiated me with the fat of thy sacrifices.

On the contrary, thou hast burdened 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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CHAP. XLIV.

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.

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,

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