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1. Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgement.
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1. Keep silence H2790 before H413 me , O islands H339 ; and let the people H3816 renew H2498 their strength H3581 : let them come near H5066 ; then H227 let them speak H1696 : let us come near H7126 together H3162 to judgment H4941 .
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2. Who raised up righteousness from the east, and called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint it an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?
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2. Who H4310 raised up H5782 the righteous H6664 man from the east H4480 H4217 , called H7121 him to his foot H7272 , gave H5414 the nations H1471 before H6440 him , and made him rule H7287 over kings H4428 ? he gave H5414 them as the dust H6083 to his sword H2719 , and as driven H5086 stubble H7179 to his bow H7198 .
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3. And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.
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3. He pursued H7291 them, and passed H5674 safely H7965 ; even by the way H734 that he had not H3808 gone H935 with his feet H7272 .
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4. Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, Re 1:17 the first and to all futurity, I AM.
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4. Who H4310 hath wrought H6466 and done H6213 it , calling H7121 the generations H1755 from the beginning H4480 H7218 ? I H589 the LORD H3068 , the first H7223 , and with H854 the last H314 ; I H589 am he H1931 .
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5. The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,
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5. The isles H339 saw H7200 it , and feared H3372 ; the ends H7098 of the earth H776 were afraid H2729 , drew near H7126 , and came H857 .
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6. every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,
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6. They helped H5826 every one H376 H853 his neighbor H7453 ; and every one said H559 to his brother H251 , Be of good courage H2388 .
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7. The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, and forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.
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7. So the carpenter H2796 encouraged H2388 H853 the goldsmith H6884 , and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 H853 him that smote H1986 the anvil H6471 , saying H559 , It H1931 is ready H2896 for the soldering H1694 : and he fastened H2388 it with nails H4548 , that it should not H3808 be moved H4131 .
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8. But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:
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8. But thou H859 , Israel H3478 , art my servant H5650 , Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen H977 , the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 my friend H157 .
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9. whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee.
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9. Thou whom H834 I have taken H2388 from the ends H4480 H7098 of the earth H776 , and called H7121 thee from the chief men H4480 H678 thereof , and said H559 unto thee, Thou H859 art my servant H5650 ; I have chosen H977 thee , and not H3808 cast thee away H3988 .
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10. Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
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10. Fear H3372 thou not H408 ; for H3588 I H589 am with H5973 thee : be not H408 dismayed H8159 ; for H3588 I H589 am thy God H430 : I will strengthen H553 thee; yea H637 , I will help H5826 thee; yea H637 , I will uphold H8551 thee with the right hand H3225 of my righteousness H6664 .
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11. Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.
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11. Behold H2005 , all H3605 they that were incensed H2734 against thee shall be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 : they shall be H1961 as nothing H369 ; and they H376 that strive H7379 with thee shall perish H6 .
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12. Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall Lit. transgress by wine against insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.
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12. Thou shalt seek H1245 them , and shalt not H3808 find H4672 them H376 , even them that contended H4695 with thee: they H376 that war H4421 against thee shall be H1961 as nothing H369 , and as a thing of naught H657 .
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13. For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,
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13. For H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hold H2388 thy right hand H3225 , saying H559 unto thee, Fear H3372 not H408 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee.
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14. Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.
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14. Fear H3372 not H408 , thou worm H8438 Jacob H3290 , and ye men H4962 of Israel H3478 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and thy redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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15. Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make them as chaff:
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15. Behold H2009 , I will make H7760 thee a new H2319 sharp H2742 threshing instrument H4173 having H1167 teeth H6374 : thou shalt thresh H1758 the mountains H2022 , and beat them small H1854 , and shalt make H7760 the hills H1389 as chaff H4671 .
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16. and thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.
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16. Thou shalt fan H2219 them , and the wind H7307 shall carry them away H5375 , and the whirlwind H5591 shall scatter H6327 them : and thou H859 shalt rejoice H1523 in the LORD H3068 , and shalt glory H1984 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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17. And the poor and the needy shall exult; for when they shall seek water, and there shall be none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:
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17. When the poor H6041 and needy H34 seek H1245 water H4325 , and there is none H369 , and their tongue H3956 faileth H5405 for thirst H6772 , I H589 the LORD H3068 will hear H6030 them , I the God H430 of Israel H3478 will not H3808 forsake H5800 them.
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18. but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.
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18. I will open H6605 rivers H5104 in H5921 high places H8205 , and fountains H4599 in the midst H8432 of the valleys H1237 : I will make H7760 the wilderness H4057 a pool H98 of water H4325 , and the dry H6723 land H776 springs H4161 of water H4325 .
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19. I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:
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19. I will plant H5414 in the wilderness H4057 the cedar H730 , the shittah tree H7848 , and the myrtle H1918 , and the oil H8081 tree H6086 ; I will set H7760 in the desert H6160 the fir tree H1265 , and the pine H8410 , and the box tree H8391 together H3162 :
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20. that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these works, and the Holy One of Israel has displayed them.
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20. That H4616 they may see H7200 , and know H3045 , and consider H7760 , and understand H7919 together H3162 , that H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 hath done H6213 this H2063 , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created H1254 it.
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21. Your judgement draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsel have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.
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21. Produce H7126 your cause H7379 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; bring forth H5066 your strong H6110 reasons , saith H559 the King H4428 of Jacob H3290 .
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22. Let them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell us what things were of old, and we will apply our understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:
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22. Let them bring them forth H5066 , and show H5046 us H853 what H834 shall happen H7136 : let them show H5046 the former things H7223 , what H4100 they H2007 be , that we may consider H7760 H3820 them , and know H3045 the latter end H319 of them; or H176 declare H8085 us things for to come H935 .
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23. tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last time, and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time
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23. Show H5046 the things that are to come H857 hereafter H268 , that we may know H3045 that H3588 ye H859 are gods H430 : yea H637 , do good H3190 , or do evil H7489 , that we may be dismayed H8159 , and behold H7200 it together H3162 .
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24. whence ye are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.
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24. Behold H2005 , ye H859 are of nothing H4480 H369 , and your work H6467 of naught H4480 H659 : an abomination H8441 is he that chooseth H977 you.
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25. But I have raised up him that comes from the north, and him that comes from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter’s clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.
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25. I have raised up H5782 one from the north H4480 H6828 , and he shall come H857 : from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 shall he call H7121 upon my name H8034 : and he shall come H935 upon princes H5461 as H3644 upon mortar H2563 , and as H3644 the potter H3335 treadeth H7429 clay H2916 .
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26. For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, Or, and say and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.
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26. Who H4310 hath declared H5046 from the beginning H4480 H7218 , that we may know H3045 ? and formerly H4480 H6440 , that we may say H559 , He is righteous H6662 ? yea H637 , there is none H369 that showeth H5046 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that declareth H8085 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that heareth H8085 your words H561 .
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27. I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.
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27. The first H7223 shall say to Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 , behold H2009 them : and I will give H5414 to Jerusalem H3389 one that bringeth good tidings H1319 .
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28. For from among the nations, behold, there was no one; and of their idols there was none to declare anything: and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me.
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28. For I beheld H7200 , and there was no H369 man H376 ; even among them H4480 H428 , and there was no H369 counselor H3289 , that , when I asked H7592 of them , could answer H7725 a word H1697 .
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29. For these are your makers, as ye think, and they that cause you to err in vain.
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29. Behold H2005 , they are all H3605 vanity H205 ; their works H4639 are nothing H657 : their molten images H5262 are wind H7307 and confusion H8414 .
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