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And no one considers in his heart,
Nor (is there) knowledge nor understanding to say,
"I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten (it);
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
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He feeds on ashes;
A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, "(Is there) not a lie in my right hand?"
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"Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you (are) My servant;
I have formed you, you (are) My servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me!
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I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
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Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done (it)!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And glorified Himself in Israel.
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Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
"I (am) the Lord, who makes all (things),
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
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Who frustrates the signs of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
And makes their knowledge foolishness;
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Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
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Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;
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Who says of Cyrus, ‘(He is) My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built,"
And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."’
Isaiah 45
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"Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
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‘I will go before you
And make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
I will give you the treasures of darkness
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And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who call (you) by your name,
(Am) the GOD of Israel.
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For Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
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I (am) the Lord, and (there is) no other;
(There is) no GOD besides Me.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
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That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
That (there is) none besides Me.
I (am) the Lord, and (there is) no other;
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I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these (things).’
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"Rain down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.
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"Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
(Let) the potsherd (strive) with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork (say), ‘He has no hands’?
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Woe to him who says to (his) father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’"
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Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
"Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;
And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
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I have made the earth,
And created man on it.
I—-My hands—-stretched out the heavens,
And all their host I have commanded.
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I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will direct all his ways;
He shall build My city
And let My exiles go free,
Not for price nor reward,"
Says the Lord of hosts.
14Thus says the Lord:
"The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, (saying), ‘Surely GOD (is) in you,
And (there is) no other;
(There is) no other GOD.’"
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