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Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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Thy
first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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Therefore I have profaned
the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
CHAPTER 44
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2
Thus saith the L
ORD
that
made thee, and formed thee from the womb,
which
will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;
and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods
upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
5
One shall say, I
am
the L
ORD
’S; and another shall call
himself
by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe
with
his hand unto the L
ORD
, and surname
himself
by the name of Israel.
6
Thus saith the L
ORD
the
King of Israel, and his redeemer the L
ORD
of hosts; I
am
the first, and I
am
the last; and beside me
there is
no God.
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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I
appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto
them.
8
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared
it?
ye
are
even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea,
there is
no God; I know not
any.
9
They that make a graven image
are
all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not
profit; and they
are
their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10
Who
hath formed a god, or molten a graven image
that
is profitable for nothing?
11
Behold, all his fellows
shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they
are
of men: let them all be gathered together, let them
stand up;
yet
they shall fear,
and
they shall be ashamed together.
12
The smith with the tongs both
worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms:
yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13
The carpenter
stretcheth out
his
rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out
with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it
may remain in the house.
14
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which
he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth
nourish
it.
15
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea,
he kindleth
it,
and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth
it;
he maketh it a graven
image, and falleth down thereto.
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He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth
flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth
himself,
and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have
seen the fire:
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And the residue thereof he maketh a god,
even
his graven image: he falleth down
unto it, and worshippeth
it,
and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou
art
my god.
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They
have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see;
and
their hearts,
that they cannot understand.
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And none considereth in his heart, neither
is there
knowledge nor
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