4 He shall not fail, nor become weary,

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Until he shall have established laws in the earth,
And distant nations shall wait for his instruction.

Thus saith the God, Jehovah,

Who created the heavens and stretched them out,

Who spread forth the earth, and that which springeth forth from it,

Who gave breath to the people upon it,

And spirit to them that walk thereon ;

6 I, Jehovah, have called thee for deliverance;

I will hold thee by the hand;

I will defend thee, and make thee a mediator to the

people,

A light to the nations;

7 To open the blind eyes;

To bring out the prisoners from the prison,

And them that sit in darkness out of the prisonhouse.

8 I am Jehovah, that is my name;

And my glory will I not give to another,

Nor my praise to graven images.

9 The former things, behold! they are come to pass, And new things do I now declare ;

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Before they spring forth, I make them known to you.

Sing to Jehovah a new song;

His praise to the ends of the earth;

Ye that go down upon the sea, and all that fill it;
Ye distant coasts, and ye that dwell therein!
11 Let the desert cry aloud, and the cities thereof;
The villages, that Kedar inhabiteth!

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing;

Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

12 Let them give glory to Jehovah,

And proclaim his praise in distant lands!

13 Jehovah shall march forth like a hero;

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Like a mighty warrior shall he rouse his indignation,
He shall cry aloud; he shall shout the war-cry,

And show himself mighty against his enemies.
"I have long held my peace;

"I have been still and refrained myself;

"But now will I cry like a woman in travail;
“I will snuff and breathe hard in my anger.
15 "I will lay waste mountains and hills,
"And dry up all their herbs.

"I will make the rivers solid land,
"And dry up the pools of water.

16 "Then will I lead the blind in an unknown way,
"And in unknown paths will I guide them;

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"I will make darkness light before them,

"And crooked paths straight;

"These things will I do for them, and not forsake them."

Then shall they be turned back, and be put to shame,

Who trust in graven images;

Who say to molten images,
"Ye are our gods!

Hear, O ye deaf!

And look, ye blind, and see!

19 Who is blind, if not my servant?

And who so deaf, as my messenger, whom I sent?
Who so blind as the friend of God,

So blind as the servant of Jehovah ?

20 Thou seest many things, but regardest them not; Thou hast thine ears open, but hearest not!

21 It pleased Jehovah for his goodness' sake To give him a law, great and glorious;

22 And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons,

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And hid in dungeons;

They have become a spoil, and none delivereth;
A prey, and none saith, "Restore!"

Who is there among you, that will give ear to this; That will listen and attend for the time to come?

24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil,

And Israel to plunderers?

Was it not Jehovah, against whom we sinned,
In whose ways we would not walk,

And whose law we would not obey?

25 Therefore hath he poured out upon Israel the fury of his wrath, and the violence of war;

It kindled a flame round about him, yet he did not regard it;

It set him on fire, yet he laid it not to heart.

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Promises of deliverance. - CH. XLIII.

1 BUT now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob,

That formed thee, O Israel :

Fear not, for I have redeemed thee;

I have called thee by name; thou art mine!

2 When thou passest through waters, I will be with

thee;

And through rivers, they shall not overflow thee;

When thou walkest through fire, thou shalt not be burned,

And the flame shall not consume thee.

3 For I am Jehovah, thy God,

The Holy One of Israel, thy saviour.
I will give Egypt for thy ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

4 Because thou art precious in my sight,
Because thou art honored, and I love thee,
Therefore will I give men for thee,

And nations for thy life.

5 Fear not, for I am with thee!

I will bring thy children from the East,
And gather thee from the West.

6 I will say to the North, "Give them up!
And to the South, "Withhold them not!

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"And my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Every one, that is called by my name;
“That I have created for my glory,

"That I have formed and made!"

8 Bring forth the blind people, having eyes, And the deaf, having ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
And the kingdoms be assembled !

Who among them hath declared this,
And can show us former predictions?

Let them produce their witnesses, that they are right;
That men may hear, and say, It is true!
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah,
And my servant, whom I have chosen,
That ye may know, and believe me,
And understand, that I am the Eternal;
Before me was no god formed,

And after me shall there be none.

11 I, I am Jehovah,

And besides me there is no saviour.

12 I declared my purpose, and have saved ;

I made it known, when there was no strange god

among you;

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah,

That I am God.

13 From the beginning of time I have been the same, And none can rescue from my hand;

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I undertake, and who can hinder?

Thus saith Jehovah,

Your Redeemer, the Holy one of Israel;
For your sakes have I sent to Babylon,

And caused all her fugitive citizens,

Even the Chaldeans, to descend to the ships of their delight.

15 I, Jehovah, am your Holy One,

He that made a way in the sea,

And a path in mighty waters,

17 That caused the chariot and the horse, the army and the forces, to march forth;

There they lay down together; they rose no more;
They were extinguished; they were quenched like a

torch;

18 Remember not the former things;

The things of old regard no more!

19 Behold, I do a new thing,

Now shall it spring forth; yea, ye shall see it.
Behold, I make a way in the wilderness,

And streams in the desert;

20 The beasts of the forest shall honor me, The jackals, and the ostriches;

For I make rivers in the wilderness