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1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

1But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

4Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

5Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.

6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

6I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,

7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

7everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

8Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!

9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

9All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.

10Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

10“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

11I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.

12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

12I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and I am God.

13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

13Also henceforth I am he; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?”

14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

14Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and bring them all down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

16Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters,

17Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

17who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

18“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.

19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

19Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

20The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,

21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

21the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.

22But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

22“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

23Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

23You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

24Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

24You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.

25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

25“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

26Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

26Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

27Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

27Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.

28Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.

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