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14 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I have sent to Babel, and brought it down. They are all fugitives. And the Chaldeans cry in the ships.
15 “I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters:
17 “When He brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power lie together, and shall not rise. They are extinguished and quenched, as a wick.
18 “Do not remember the former things or regard the things of old.
19 “Behold, I do a new thing. It shall come forth now. Will you not know it? I will even make a way in the desert, rivers in the wilderness.
20 “The wild beasts shall honor Me, the dragons and the ostriches, because I gave water in the desert and rivers in the wilderness, to give drink to My people, even to My Elect.
21 “I have formed this people for Myself. They shall show forth My praise.
22 “And you have not called upon Me, O Jacob. But you have wearied Me, O Israel.
23 “You have not brought Me the sheep of your Burnt Offerings. Nor have you honored Me with your Sacrifices. I have not made you serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
24 “You brought Me no sweet savor with money. Nor have you made Me drunk with the fat of your Sacrifices. But you have made Me serve with your sins, wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 “I, even I, am He Who puts away your iniquities for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
26 “Put Me in remembrance. Let us be judged together. State your case, so that you may be justified.
27 “Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against Me.
28 “Therefore, I have profaned the rulers of the Sanctuary, and have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a reproach.”
44 “But hear now, O Jacob, My servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 “Thus says the LORD, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you righteous whom I have chosen.
3 ‘For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your buds.
4 ‘And they shall grow, as among the grass, as the willows by the rivers of waters.’
5 “One shall say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’ Another shall be called by the name of Jacob. And another shall write to the LORD with his hand, and name himself by the name of Israel.
6 “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and its Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts: ‘I Am the First and I Am the Last. And without Me there is no God.
7 ‘And who is like Me? Who shall call and shall declare it, and set it in order before Me, since I appointed the ancient people? And what is at hand and what things are to come, let them show to them.
8 ‘Do not fear or be afraid. Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? There is no God, none to know.’”
9 All those who make an image are useless. And their delectable things shall nothing profit. And they are their own witnesses, that they do not see or know. Therefore, they shall be confounded.
10 Who makes a god, or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all who are of its fellowship shall be confounded. For the workmen themselves are men. Let them all be gathered together and stand up. They shall fear and be confounded together.
12 The blacksmith works in the coals with an instrument and fashions it with hammers. He works it with the strength of his arms. Indeed, he is hungry and his strength fails. He drinks no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretches forth a line. He fashions it with a red cord. He planes it and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it in the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, so that it may remain in a house.
14 He will hew down cedars for himself and take the pine tree and the oak. He strengthens himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.
15 And it shall be for man to burn. For he will take from it, and warm himself. He also kindles it and bakes bread. Also, he makes a god and worships it. He makes it an idol and bows to it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire, of that half he eats flesh. He roasts the roast and is satisfied. Also, he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm. I have been at the fire.”
17 And with the remains he makes a god, his idol. He bows to it, and worships and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me. For you are my god.”
18 They have not known or understood. For God has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, their heart so that they cannot understand.
19 And no one considers in his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burnt half of it in the fire and have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted its flesh and eaten it. And shall I make its remains an abomination? Shall I bow to the stock of a tree?”
20 He feeds on ashes. A seduced heart has deceived him, so that he cannot deliver his soul or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
21 “Remember these (O Jacob and Israel), for you are My servant. I have formed you. You are My servant. O Israel, do not forget Me.
22 “I have put away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins as a mist. Turn to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 Rejoice, you heavens! For the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the Earth! Burst forth into praises, you mountains, O forest and every tree therein! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel!
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and He Who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD Who made all things, Who spread out the heavens alone, and stretched out the Earth by Myself.
25 “I destroy the signs of the soothsayers, and make fools of those who boast, and turn the wise men backward and make their knowledge foolishness.”
26 He confirms the word of His servant, and performs the counsel of His messengers, saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be inhabited!” And to the cities of Judah, “You shall be built up! And I will repair its decayed places.”
27 He says to the deep, “Be dry!” and, “I will dry up your rivers!”
28 He says to Cyrus, “You are My shepherd,” and, “He shall perform all My desire,” saying also to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,” and to the Temple, “Your foundation shall surely be laid.”
45 Thus says the LORD to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have strengthened to subdue nations before him, and I will weaken the loins of kings, and open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
2 “I will go before you, and make the crooked straight. I will break the bronze doors and burst the iron bars.
3 “And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and the things hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, Who calls you by your name, even the God of Israel.
4 “For Jacob, My servant’s, sake, and Israel, My elect, I will call you by your name, and name you, though you have not known Me.
5 “I am the LORD, and there is no other. There is no God besides Me. I girded you, though you have not known Me,
6 “so that they may know from the rising of the Sun, and from the west, that there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.
7 “I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create misery. I, the LORD, do all these things.
8 “You heavens send the dew from above, and let the clouds drop down righteousness. Let the Earth open, and let salvation and justice grow forth. Let it bring them forth together. I, the LORD, have created it.
9 “Woe be to him who strives with his Maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the Earth. Shall the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What do you make?’ or, ‘Your work, it has no hands’?
10 “Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
3 For this reason, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles.
2 If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which is given to me toward you.
3 So that God, by revelation, has shown this mystery to me (as I briefly wrote before;
4 by which, when you read it, you may know my understanding of the mystery of Christ,
5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other ages as it is now revealed to His holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit),
6 So that the Gentiles should also be inheritors of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ, by the Gospel;
7 whereof I am made a minister by the gift of the grace of God (given to me through the working of His power).
8 To me, the least of all saints, is this grace given, so that I would preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 and make clear to all what the stewardship of the mystery is (which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, Who has created all things by Jesus Christ);
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to principalities and powers in Heavenly realms,
11 according to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord;
12 By Him we have boldness and confident access, through faith in Him.
13 Therefore, I desire that you do not grow weary of my tribulations for you (which is your glory).
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 (from Whom is named every family in Heaven and on Earth)
16 so that He might grant - according to the riches of His Glory - that you be strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man;
17 So that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
18 so that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend (with all saints) what is the breadth and length and depth and height;
19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge. So that you may be filled with all fullness of God.
20 Now therefore, to the One Who is able to do all things exceedingly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us;
21 to Him be praise in the church and in Christ Jesus, throughout all generations, forever. Amen.
68 God will arise. His enemies shall be scattered. Also, those who hate Him shall flee before Him.
2 As the smoke vanishes, so shall You drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But the righteous shall be glad and rejoice before God. Indeed, they shall leap for joy.
4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His Name! Exalt Him Who rides upon the heavens (by his Name, YAH) and rejoice before him!
5 He is a Father of the fatherless and a Judge of the widows: God in His Holy Habitation.
6 God makes the solitary dwell in families and delivers those who were held captive. But the rebellious shall dwell in a parched land.
7 O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You went through the wilderness (Selah),
8 the Earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of this God. Sinai was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You, O God, sent a gracious rain upon Your inheritance; and You refreshed it when it was weary.
10 Your Congregation dwelled therein. You, O God, have, by Your goodness, prepared it for the poor.
11 The LORD commanded: the women shall tell of the great army.
12 Kings of the armies fled. They fled, and she who remained in the house divided the spoil.
13 Though you have lain among pots, you shall be as the wings of a dove that are covered with silver, and whose feathers are like yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as the snow in Zalmon.
15 The Mountain of God is like the mountain of Bashan. It is a high mountain, as mount Bashan.
16 Why do you leap, you high mountains? As for this Mountain, God delights to dwell in it. Indeed, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand thousand angels. The LORD is among them, as in the Sanctuary of Sinai.
18 You have gone up on high. You have led captives into captivity and received gifts for men. Indeed, even the rebellious You have led, so that the LORD God might dwell there.
24 Do not be envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
2 For their heart imagines destruction, and their lips speak mischief.
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