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1. Jacob, the Lord created you. Israel, the Lord made you, and now he says, "Don't be afraid. I saved you. I named you. You are mine.
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1. But now H6258 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 that created H1254 thee , O Jacob H3290 , and he that formed H3335 thee , O Israel H3478 , Fear H3372 not H408 : for H3588 I have redeemed H1350 thee , I have called H7121 thee by thy name H8034 ; thou H859 art mine.
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2. When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you.
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2. When H3588 thou passest through H5674 the waters H4325 , I H589 will be with H854 thee ; and through the rivers H5104 , they shall not H3808 overflow H7857 thee: when H3588 thou walkest H1980 through H1119 the fire H784 , thou shalt not H3808 be burned H3554 ; neither H3808 shall the flame H3852 kindle H1197 upon thee.
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3. That is because I, the Lord, am your God. I, the Holy One of Israel, am your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for you. I gave Ethiopia and Seba to make you mine.
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3. For H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 , thy Savior H3467 : I gave H5414 Egypt H4714 for thy ransom H3724 , Ethiopia H3568 and Seba H5434 for H8478 thee.
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4. You are precious to me, and I have given you a special place of honor. I love you. That's why I am willing to trade others, to give up whole nations, to save your life.
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4. Since H4480 H834 thou wast precious H3365 in my sight H5869 , thou hast been honorable H3513 , and I H589 have loved H157 thee : therefore will I give H5414 men H120 for H8478 thee , and people H3816 for H8478 thy life H5315 .
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5. "So don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will gather your children and bring them to you. I will gather them from the east and from the west.
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5. Fear H3372 not H408 : for H3588 I H589 am with H854 thee : I will bring H935 thy seed H2233 from the east H4480 H4217 , and gather H6908 thee from the west H4480 H4628 ;
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6. I will tell the north: Give my people to me. I will tell the south: Don't keep my people in prison. Bring my sons and daughters to me from the faraway places.
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6. I will say H559 to the north H6828 , Give up H5414 ; and to the south H8486 , Keep not back H3607 H408 : bring H935 my sons H1121 from far H4480 H7350 , and my daughters H1323 from the ends H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 ;
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7. Bring to me all the people who are mine�the people who have my name. I made them for myself. I made them, and they are mine.
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7. Even every one H3605 that is called H7121 by my name H8034 : for I have created H1254 him for my glory H3519 , I have formed H3335 him; yea H637 , I have made H6213 him.
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8. "Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind. Bring out the people who have ears but are deaf.
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8. Bring forth H3318 the blind H5787 people H5971 that have H3426 eyes H5869 , and the deaf H2795 that have ears H241 .
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9. All people and all nations should also be gathered together. Maybe one of their false gods wants to tell about what happened in the beginning. They should bring their witnesses to speak the truth. This will show that they are right."
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9. Let all H3605 the nations H1471 be gathered H6908 together H3162 , and let the people H3816 be assembled H622 : who H4310 among them can declare H5046 this H2063 , and show H8085 us former things H7223 ? let them bring forth H5414 their witnesses H5707 , that they may be justified H6663 : or let them hear H8085 , and say H559 , It is truth H571 .
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10. The Lord says, "You people are my witnesses and the servant I chose. I chose you so that you would help people believe me. I chose you so that you would understand that 'I Am He'�{I am the true God}. There was no God before me, and there will be no God after me.
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10. Ye H859 are my witnesses H5707 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and my servant H5650 whom H834 I have chosen H977 : that H4616 ye may know H3045 and believe H539 me , and understand H995 that H3588 I H589 am he H1931 : before H6440 me there was no H3808 God H410 formed H3335 , neither H3808 shall there be H1961 after H310 me.
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11. I myself am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.
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11. I H595 , even I H595 , am the LORD H3068 ; and beside H4480 H1107 me there is no H369 savior H3467 .
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12. I am the one who spoke to you, saved you, and told you those things. It was not some stranger who was with you. You are my witnesses, and I am God." (This is what the Lord himself said.)
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12. I H595 have declared H5046 , and have saved H3467 , and I have showed H8085 , when there was no H369 strange H2114 god among you : therefore ye H859 are my witnesses H5707 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I H589 am God H410 .
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13. "I have always been God. When I do something, no one can change what I have done. And no one can save people from my power."
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13. Yea H1571 , before the day H4480 H3117 was I H589 am he H1931 ; and there is none H369 that can deliver H5337 out of my hand H4480 H3027 : I will work H6466 , and who H4310 shall let H7725 it?
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14. The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you, and he says, "I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those Chaldeans will be taken away in their own boats. (They are so proud of those boats.)
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14. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , your redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 ; For your sake H4616 I have sent H7971 to Babylon H894 , and have brought down H3381 all H3605 their nobles H1281 , and the Chaldeans H3778 , whose cry H7440 is in the ships H591 .
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15. I am the Lord your Holy One. I made Israel. I am your king."
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15. I H589 am the LORD H3068 , your Holy One H6918 , the creator H1254 of Israel H3478 , your King H4428 .
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16. The Lord is making roads through the sea. He is making a path for his people, even through rough waters. The Lord says,
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16. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , which maketh H5414 a way H1870 in the sea H3220 , and a path H5410 in the mighty H5794 waters H4325 ;
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17. "Those who fight against me with their chariots, horses, and armies will be defeated. They will never rise again. They will be destroyed. They will be put out like the flame in a lamp.
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17. Which bringeth forth H3318 the chariot H7393 and horse H5483 , the army H2428 and the power H5808 ; they shall lie down H7901 together H3162 , they shall not H1077 rise H6965 : they are extinct H1846 , they are quenched H3518 as tow H6594 .
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18. So don't remember what happened in the beginning. Don't think about what happened a long time ago,
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18. Remember H2142 ye not H408 the former things H7223 , neither H408 consider H995 the things of old H6931 .
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19. because I am doing something new! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I will even make a road in the desert, and rivers will flow through that dry land.
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19. Behold H2009 , I will do H6213 a new thing H2319 ; now H6258 it shall spring forth H6779 ; shall ye not H3808 know H3045 it? I will even H637 make H7760 a way H1870 in the wilderness H4057 , and rivers H5104 in the desert H3452 .
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20. The wild animals will thank me. The large animals and birds will honor me when I put water in the desert and make rivers flow through that dry land. I will do this to give water to my chosen people.
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20. The beast H2416 of the field H7704 shall honor H3513 me , the dragons H8565 and the owls H1323 H3284 : because H3588 I give H5414 waters H4325 in the wilderness H4057 , and rivers H5104 in the desert H3452 , to give drink H8248 to my people H5971 , my chosen H972 .
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21. I made them, and they will sing songs of praise to me.
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21. This H2098 people H5971 have I formed H3335 for myself ; they shall show forth H5608 my praise H8416 .
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22. "Jacob, you did not pray to me. Israel, you became tired of me.
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22. But thou hast not H3808 called upon H7121 me , O Jacob H3290 ; but H3588 thou hast been weary H3021 of me , O Israel H3478 .
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23. You have not brought your sheep as sacrifices to me. You have not honored me with your sacrifices. I did not force you to give gifts to me like slaves. I did not force you to burn incense until you became tired.
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23. Thou hast not H3808 brought H935 me the small cattle H7716 of thy burnt offerings H5930 ; neither H3808 hast thou honored H3513 me with thy sacrifices H2077 . I have not H3808 caused thee to serve H5647 with an offering H4503 , nor H3808 wearied H3021 thee with incense H3828 .
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24. So you did not use your money to buy things to honor me. But you did force me to be like your slave. You sinned until the bad things you did made me very tired.
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24. Thou hast bought H7069 me no H3808 sweet cane H7070 with money H3701 , neither H3808 hast thou filled H7301 me with the fat H2459 of thy sacrifices H2077 : but H389 thou hast made me to serve H5647 with thy sins H2403 , thou hast wearied H3021 me with thine iniquities H5771 .
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25. "I, I am the one who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.
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25. I H595 , even I H595 , am he H1931 that blotteth out H4229 thy transgressions H6588 for mine own sake H4616 , and will not H3808 remember H2142 thy sins H2403 .
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26. But you should remember me. Let's meet together and decide what is right. Tell your story and prove that you are innocent.
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26. Put me in remembrance H2142 : let us plead H8199 together H3162 : declare H5608 thou H859 , that H4616 thou mayest be justified H6663 .
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27. Your first father sinned, and your lawyers committed crimes against me.
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27. Thy first H7223 father H1 hath sinned H2398 , and thy teachers H3887 have transgressed H6586 against me.
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28. I will make your Temple leaders unfit to serve there. I will destroy Jacob. Bad things will happen to Israel.
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28. Therefore I have profaned H2490 the princes H8269 of the sanctuary H6944 , and have given H5414 Jacob H3290 to the curse H2764 , and Israel H3478 to reproaches H1421 .
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