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Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’ 25 “I have raised up one from the north,
And he shall come;
14 “Fear not, you worm Jacob,
You men of Israel! From the rising of the sun he shall call
on My name;
I will help you,” says the LORD And he shall come against princes as
And your Redeemer, the Holy One though mortar,
of Israel.
15 “Behold, I will make you into a new 26 As the potter treads clay.
threshing sledge with sharp teeth; Who has declared from the beginning,
that we may know?
You shall thresh the mountains and And former times, that we may say,
beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff. ‘He is righteous’?
16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall Surely there is no one who shows,
carry them away, Surely there is no one who declares,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them; Surely there is no one who hears
your words.
You shall rejoice in the LORD, 27 The first time I said to Zion,
And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
‘Look, there they are!’
17 “The poor and needy seek water, but And I will give to Jerusalem one who
there is none, brings good tidings.
Their tongues fail for thirst. 28 For I looked, and there was no man;
I, the LORD, will hear them; I looked among them, but there was no
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. counselor,
18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, Who, when I asked of them, could
And fountains in the midst of the valleys; answer a word.
I will make the wilderness a pool of 29 Indeed they are all worthless;
water, Their works are nothing;
And the dry land springs of water. Their molded images are wind and
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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar confusion.
and the acacia tree,
The myrtle and the oil tree; 42 “Behold! My Servant whom
I will set in the desert the cypress tree I uphold,
and the pine My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
And the box tree together, I have put My Spirit upon Him;
20 That they may see and know, He will bring forth justice to the
And consider and understand together, 2 Gentiles.
That the hand of the LORD has done He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
this, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the
And the Holy One of Israel has 3 street.
created it. A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
“Present your case,” says the LORD. He will bring forth justice for truth.
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“Bring forth your strong reasons,” says 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged,
the King of Jacob. Till He has established justice
22 “Let them bring forth and show us what in the earth;
will happen; And the coastlands shall wait for
Let them show the former things, what His law.”
they were,
That we may consider them, 5 Thus says God the LORD,
And know the latter end of them; Who created the heavens and
Or declare to us things to come. stretched them out,
23 Show the things that are to come Who spread forth the earth and that
hereafter, which comes from it,
That we may know that you are gods; Who gives breath to the people on it,
Yes, do good or do evil, And spirit to those who walk on it:
That we may be dismayed and see it 6 “I, the LORD, have called You
together. in righteousness,
24 Indeed you are nothing, And will hold Your hand;
And your work is nothing; I will keep You and give You as a
He who chooses you is an abomination. covenant to the people,

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