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1. "Hear this, O family of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who come from the seed of Judah. They make promises in the name of the Lord, and call upon the God of Israel, but not in truth or by what is right and good.
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1. Hear H8085 ye this H2063 , O house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , which are called H7121 by the name H8034 of Israel H3478 , and are come forth H3318 out of the waters H4480 H4325 of Judah H3063 , which swear H7650 by the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , and make mention H2142 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 , but not H3808 in truth H571 , nor H3808 in righteousness H6666 .
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2. For they call themselves people of the holy city, and trust in the God of Israel. The Lord of All is His name.
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2. For H3588 they call themselves H7121 of the holy H6944 city H4480 H5892 , and stay themselves H5564 upon H5921 the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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3. I made known the things that would happen long ago. From My mouth My words went out. Then all at once I did what I said I would, and they came to pass.
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3. I have declared H5046 the former things H7223 from the beginning H4480 H227 ; and they went forth H3318 out of my mouth H4480 H6310 , and I showed H8085 them ; I did H6213 them suddenly H6597 , and they came to pass H935 .
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4. I know that your heart is hard. Your neck is like iron, and your forehead is like brass.
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4. Because I knew H4480 H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art obstinate H7186 , and thy neck H6203 is an iron H1270 sinew H1517 , and thy brow H4696 brass H5154 ;
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5. So I made them known to you long ago. I told you before they happened, or else you might say, 'My false god has done them. My objects of worship have made them happen.'
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5. I have even from the beginning H4480 H227 declared H5046 it to thee; before H2962 it came to pass H935 I showed H8085 it thee: lest H6435 thou shouldest say H559 , Mine idol H6090 hath done H6213 them , and my graven image H6459 , and my molten image H5262 , hath commanded H6680 them.
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6. You have heard, now look at all this. And will you say that you will not tell about it? I tell you new things from this time on, even hidden things which you have not known.
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6. Thou hast heard H8085 , see H2372 all H3605 this ; and will not H3808 ye H859 declare H5046 it ? I have showed H8085 thee new things H2319 from this time H4480 H6258 , even hidden things H5341 , and thou didst not H3808 know H3045 them.
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7. They are made now, not long ago. Before today you have never heard of them, or you would say, 'See, I knew them.'
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7. They are created H1254 now H6258 , and not H3808 from the beginning H4480 H227 ; even before H6440 the day H3117 when thou heardest H8085 them not H3808 ; lest H6435 thou shouldest say H559 , Behold H2009 , I knew H3045 them.
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8. You have not heard. You have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, because I knew that you could not be trusted. You have been known to fight against the law and not obey from birth.
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8. Yea H1571 , thou heardest H8085 not H3808 ; yea H1571 , thou knewest H3045 not H3808 ; yea H1571 , from that time H4480 H227 that thine ear H241 was not H3808 opened H6605 : for H3588 I knew H3045 that thou wouldest deal very treacherously H898 H898 , and wast called H7121 a transgressor H6586 from the womb H4480 H990 .
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9. Because of My name I hold back My anger. For My praise I keep Myself from cutting you off.
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9. For my name's sake H4616 H8034 will I defer H748 mine anger H639 , and for my praise H8416 will I refrain H2413 for thee , that I cut thee not off H3772 H1115 .
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10. See, I have tested you, but not as silver. I have tested you in the fire of suffering.
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10. Behold H2009 , I have refined H6884 thee , but not H3808 with silver H3701 ; I have chosen H977 thee in the furnace H3564 of affliction H6040 .
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11. For My own good, for My own good, I will do this. For why should I allow My name to be put to shame? I will not give My shining-greatness to another.
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11. For mine own sake H4616 , even for mine own sake H4616 , will I do H6213 it : for H3588 how H349 should my name be polluted H2490 ? and I will not H3808 give H5414 my glory H3519 unto another H312 .
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12. "Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I called. I am He. I am the first, and I am the last.
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12. Hearken H8085 unto H413 me , O Jacob H3290 and Israel H3478 , my called H7121 ; I H589 am he H1931 ; I H589 am the first H7223 , I H589 also H637 am the last H314 .
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13. My hand put the earth in its place. And My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.
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13. Mine hand H3027 also H637 hath laid the foundation H3245 of the earth H776 , and my right hand H3225 hath spanned H2946 the heavens H8064 : when I H589 call H7121 unto H413 them , they stand up H5975 together H3162 .
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14. Gather together, all of you, and listen! Who among them has made these things known? The Lord loves him. He will do to Babylon what pleases him, and his arm will be against the Babylonians.
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14. All H3605 ye , assemble yourselves H6908 , and hear H8085 ; which H4310 among them hath declared H5046 H853 these H428 things ? The LORD H3068 hath loved H157 him : he will do H6213 his pleasure H2656 on Babylon H894 , and his arm H2220 shall be on the Chaldeans H3778 .
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15. I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him, I have brought him, and he will do well.
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15. I H589 , even I H589 , have spoken H1696 ; yea H637 , I have called H7121 him : I have brought H935 him , and he shall make his way H1870 prosperous H6743 .
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16. Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From the time it came to be, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent me and His Spirit."
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16. Come ye near H7126 unto H413 me, hear H8085 ye this H2063 ; I have not H3808 spoken H1696 in secret H5643 from the beginning H4480 H7218 ; from the time H4480 H6256 that it was H1961 , there H8033 am I H589 : and now H6258 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , and his Spirit H7307 , hath sent H7971 me.
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17. The Lord Who bought you and saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says, "I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to do well, Who leads you in the way you should go.
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17. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , thy Redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 ; I H589 am the Lord H3068 thy God H430 which teacheth H3925 thee to profit H3276 , which leadeth H1869 thee by the way H1870 that thou shouldest go H1980 .
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18. If only you had listened to My Laws! Then your peace would have been like a river and your right-standing with God would have been like the waves of the sea.
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18. O that H3863 thou hadst hearkened H7181 to my commandments H4687 ! then had thy peace H7965 been H1961 as a river H5104 , and thy righteousness H6666 as the waves H1530 of the sea H3220 :
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19. Your children's children would have been like the sand. Those born to you would have been like the sand. Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me."
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19. Thy seed H2233 also had been H1961 as the sand H2344 , and the offspring H6631 of thy bowels H4578 like the gravel H4579 thereof ; his name H8034 should not H3808 have been cut off H3772 nor H3808 destroyed H8045 from before H4480 H6440 me.
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20. Go out from Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Call out for joy and let this be known to the end of the earth, saying, "The Lord has bought and set free His servant Jacob!"
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20. Go ye forth H3318 of Babylon H4480 H894 , flee H1272 ye from the Chaldeans H4480 H3778 , with a voice H6963 of singing H7440 declare H5046 ye, tell H8085 this H2063 , utter H3318 it even to H5704 the end H7097 of the earth H776 ; say H559 ye , The LORD H3068 hath redeemed H1350 his servant H5650 Jacob H3290 .
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21. They were not thirsty when He led them through the deserts. He made water flow out of the rock for them. He broke the rock, and the water flowed out.
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21. And they thirsted H6770 not H3808 when he led H1980 them through the deserts H2723 : he caused the waters H4325 to flow H5140 out of the rock H4480 H6697 for them : he cleaved H1234 the rock H6697 also , and the waters H4325 gushed out H2100 .
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22. "There is no peace for the sinful," says the Lord.
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22. There is no H369 peace H7965 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , unto the wicked H7563 .
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