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  44:1 ¶
But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen. |
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44:1 ¶
Yet nowº
hear,ºº
O Jacobº
my servant;º
and Israel,º
whom I have chosen:ºº |
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44:2
Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen. |
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44:2
Thusº
saithºº
Yahwehº
that madeºº
thee, and formedºº
thee from the womb,ºº
[which] will helpºº
thee; Fearºº
not,º
O Jacob,º
my servant;º
and thou, Jesurun,º
whom I have chosen.ºº |
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44:3
For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children: |
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44:3
Forº
I will pourºº
waterº
uponº
him that is thirsty,º
and floodsºº
uponº
the dry ground:º
I will pourºº
my spiritº
uponº
thy seed,º
and my blessingº
uponº
thine offspring:º |
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44:4
and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water. |
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44:4
And they shall spring upºº
[as] amongº
the grass,º
as willowsº
byº
the waterº
courses.º |
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44:5
One shall say, I am God's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God's, and shall call himself by the name of Israel. |
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44:5
Oneº
shall say,ºº
Iº
[am] Yahweh's;º
and anotherº
shall callºº
[himself] by the nameº
of Jacob;º
and anotherº
shall subscribeºº
[with] his handº
unto Yahweh,º
and surnameºº
[himself] by the nameº
of Israel.º |
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44:6
Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God. |
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44:6
Thusº
saithºº
Yahwehº
the Kingº
of Israel,º
and his redeemerºº
Yahwehº
Sabaoth;º
Iº
[am] the first,º
and Iº
[am] the last;º
and besideºº
me [there is] noº
Elohim.º |
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44:7
Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive. |
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44:7
And who,º
as I, shall call,ºº
and shall declareºº
it, and set it in orderºº
for me, since I appointedººº
the ancientº
people?º
and the things that are coming,ºº
and shall come,ºº
let them shewºº
unto them. |
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44:8
Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have ye not heard from the beginning, and [have not] I told you? ye are witnesses if there is a God beside me. |
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44:8
Fearºº
ye not,º
neitherº
be afraid:ºººº
have notº
I toldºº
thee from that time,ºº
and have declaredºº
[it]? yeº
[are] even my witnesses.º
Is thereº
an Eloahº
besideºº
me? yea, [there is] noº
God;º
I knowºº
notº
[any]. |
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44:9 ¶
But they that framed [false gods] did not then hearken; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed |
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44:9 ¶
They that makeºº
a graven imageº
[are] allº
of them vanity;º
and their delectable thingsºº
shall notº
profit;ºº
and theyº
[are] their own witnesses;º
they seeºº
not,º
norº
know;ºº
thatº
they may be ashamed.ºº |
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44:10
that form a god, and all that grave worthless things: |
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44:10
Whoº
hath formedºº
an el,º
or moltenºº
a graven imageº
[that] is profitableºº
for nothing?º |
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44:11
and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together: |
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44:11
Behold,º
allº
his fellowsº
shall be ashamed:ºº
and the workmen,º
theyº
[are] of men:ºº
let them allº
be gathered together,ºº
let them stand up;ºº
[yet] they shall fear,ºº
[and] they shall be ashamedºº
together.º |
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44:12
For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water. |
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44:12
The smithºº
with the tongsº
both workethºº
in the coals,º
and fashionethºº
it with hammers,º
and workethºº
it with the strengthº
of his arms:º
yea,º
he is hungry,ºº
and his strengthº
faileth:º
he drinkethºº
noº
water,º
and is faint.ºº |
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44:13
The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house. |
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44:13
The carpenterºº
stretcheth outºº
[his] rule;º
he marketh it outºº
with a line;º
he fittethºº
it with planes,º
and he marketh it outºº
with the compass,º
and makethºº
it after the figureº
of a man,º
according to the beautyº
of a man;º
that it may remainºº
in the house.º |
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44:14
He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow, |
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44:14
He heweth him downºº
cedars,º
and takethºº
the cypressº
and the oak,º
which he strengthenethºº
for himself among the treesº
of the forest:º
he plantethºº
an ash,º
and the rainº
doth nourishºº
[it]. |
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44:15
that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them. |
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44:15
Then shall it beº
for a manº
to burn:ºº
for he will takeºº
thereof,º
and warmºº
himself; yea,º
he kindlethºº
[it], and bakethºº
bread;º
yea,º
he makethºº
an el,º
and worshippethºº
[it]; he makethºº
it a graven image,º
and falleth downºº
thereto. |
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44:16
Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire. |
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44:16
He burnethºº
partº
thereof inº
the fire;º
withº
partº
thereof he eatethºº
flesh;º
he roastethºº
roast,º
and is satisfied:ºº
yea,º
he warmethºº
[himself], and saith,ºº
Aha,º
I am warm,ºº
I have seenºº
the fire:º |
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44:17
And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for thou art my God. |
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44:17
And the residueº
thereof he makethºº
an el,º
[even] his graven image:º
he falleth downºº
unto it, and worshippethºº
[it], and prayethºº
untoº
it, and saith,ºº
Deliverºº
me; forº
thouº
[art] my el.º |
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44:18
They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart. |
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44:18
They have notº
knownºº
norº
understood:ºº
forº
he hath shutºº
their eyes,º
that they cannot see;ººº
[and] their hearts,ºº
that they cannot understand.ººº |
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44:19
And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it. |
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44:19
And noneº
considerethºº
inº
his heart,º
neitherº
[is there] knowledgeº
norº
understandingº
to say,ºº
I have burnedºº
partº
of it inº
the fire;º
yea,º
also I have bakedºº
breadº
uponº
the coalsº
thereof; I have roastedºº
flesh,º
and eatenºº
[it]: and shall I makeºº
the residueº
thereof an abomination?º
shall I fall downºº
to the stockº
of a tree?º |
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44:20
Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand. |
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44:20
He feedethºº
on ashes:º
a deceivedºº
heartº
hath turned him aside,ºº
that he cannotº
deliverººº
his soul,º
norº
say,ºº
[Is there] notº
a lieº
in my right hand?º |
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44:21 ¶
Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; I have formed thee [to be] my servant: and do thou, Israel, not forget me. |
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44:21 ¶
Rememberºº
these,º
O Jacobº
and Israel;º
forº
thouº
[art] my servant:º
I have formedºº
thee; thouº
[art] my servant:º
O Israel,º
thou shalt notº
be forgottenºº
of me. |
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44:22
For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee. |
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44:22
I have blotted out,ºº
as a thick cloud,º
thy transgressions,º
and, as a cloud,º
thy sins:º
returnºº
untoº
me; forº
I have redeemedºº
thee. |
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44:23
Rejoice, ye heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth: ye mountains, shout [with] joy, ye hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified. |
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44:23
Sing,ºº
O ye heavens;º
forº
Yahwehº
hath doneºº
[it]: shout,ºº
ye lower partsº
of the earth:º
break forthºº
into singing,º
ye mountains,º
O forest,º
and everyº
treeº
therein: forº
Yahwehº
hath redeemedºº
Jacob,º
and glorifiedºº
himselfº
in Israel.º |
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44:24
Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth. |
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44:24
Thusº
saithºº
Yahweh,º
thy redeemer,ºº
and he that formedºº
thee from the womb,ºº
Iº
[am] Yahwehº
that makethºº
allº
[things]; that stretcheth forthºº
the heavensº
alone;º
that spreadeth abroadºº
the earthº
byº
myself; |
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44:25
Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of [man]? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness; |
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44:25
That frustratethºº
the tokensº
of the liars,º
and maketh divinersºº
mad;ººº
that turnethºº
wiseº
[men] backward,º
and maketh their knowledgeº
foolish;ººº |
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44:26
and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Edom{gr.Idumea}, Ye shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth. |
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44:26
That confirmethºº
the wordº
of his servant,º
and performethºº
the counselº
of his messengers;º
that saithºº
to Jerusalem,º
Thou shalt be inhabited;ºº
and to the citiesº
of Judah,º
Ye shall be built,ºº
and I will raise upºº
the decayed placesº
thereof: |
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44:27
Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers. |
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44:27
That saithºº
to the deep,º
Be dry,ºº
and I will dry upºº
thy rivers:º |
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44:28
Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house. |
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44:28
That saithºº
of Cyrus,º
[He is] my shepherd,ºº
and shall performºº
allº
my pleasure:º
even sayingºº
to Jerusalem,º
Thou shalt be built;ºº
and to the temple,º
Thy foundation shall be laid.ºº |
