Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today to
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read in the book of Isaiah
together. But let's pray before
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we start. Dear God, thank you
again for bringing us to this
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point where we can sit in
your presence and focus on the
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hearing of your word. Please
send the Holy Spirit to guide
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our hearts and our ears as we
listen. We love you so much and
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thank you for loving us. Amen.
We're reading in the book of
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Isaiah. This is the King James
Version and we are starting in
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chapter 41 with verse 29.
Behold, they are all vanity;
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their works are nothing:
their molten images are wind and
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confusion. Continuing now in
chapter 42 in the book of Isaiah
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Behold my servant, whom I
uphold; mine elect, in whom my
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soul delighteth; I have put my
spirit upon him: he shall bring
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forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up,
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nor cause his voice to be
heard in the street. A bruised
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reed shall he not break, and
the smoking flax shall he not
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quench: he shall bring forth
judgment unto truth. He shall
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not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the
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earth: and the isles shall wait
for his law. Thus saith God the
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Lord, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them
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out; he that spread forth the
earth and that which cometh out
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of it; he that giveth breath
unto the people upon it, and
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spirit to them that walk
therein: I the Lord have called
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thee in righteousness, and will
hold thine hand, and will keep
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thee, and give thee for a
covenant of the people, for a
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light of the Gentiles; to open
the blind eyes, to bring out
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the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness
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out of the prison house. I am
the Lord: that is my name: and
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my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to
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graven images. Behold, the
former things are come to pass,
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and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell
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you of them. Sing unto the Lord
a new song, and his praise from
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the end of the earth, ye that
go down to the sea, and all that
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is therein; the isles, and
the inhabitants thereof. Let the
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wilderness and the cities
thereof lift up their voice,
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the villages that Kedar doth
inhabit: let the inhabitants of
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the rock sing, let them shout
from the top of the mountains.
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Let them give glory unto the
Lord, and declare his praise in
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the islands. The Lord shall go
forth as a mighty man, he shall
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stir up jealousy like a man
of war: he shall cry, yea, roar;
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he shall prevail against
his enemies. I have long time
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holden my peace; I have been
still, and refrained myself: now
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will I cry like a travailing
woman; I will destroy and devour
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at once. I will make waste
mountains and hills, and dry up
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all their herbs; and I will
make the rivers islands, and
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I will dry up the pools. And
I will bring the blind by a way
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that they knew not; I will lead
them in paths that they have not
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known: I will make darkness
light before them, and crooked
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things straight. These things
will I do unto them, and not
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forsake them. They shall
be turned back, they shall be
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greatly ashamed, that trust in
graven images, that say to the
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molten images, Ye are our
gods. Hear, ye deaf; and look ye
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blind, that ye may see. Who is
blind, but my servant? or deaf,
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as my messenger that I
sent? who is blind as he that is
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perfect, and blind as the Lord's
servant? Seeing many things,
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but thou observest not; opening
the ears, but he heareth not.
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The Lord is well pleased for
his righteousness' sake; he will
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magnify the law, and make it
honourable. But this is a people
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robbed and spoiled; they are
all of them snared in holes, and
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they are hid in prison houses:
they are for a prey, and none
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delivereth; for a spoil, and
none saith, Restore. Who among
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you will give ear to this? who
will hearken and hear for the
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time to come? Who gave Jacob
for a spoil, and Israel to the
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robbers? did not the Lord,
he against whom we have sinned?
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for they would not walk in his
ways, neither were they obedient
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unto his law. Therefore he hath
poured upon him the fury of his
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anger, and the strength of
battle: and it hath set him on
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fire round about, yet he knew
not; and it burned him, yet he
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laid it not to heart. Continue
to read in the book of Isaiah
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chapter 43 and this is
the King James Version.
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But now thus saith the Lord that
created thee, O Jacob, and he
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that formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not: for I have redeemed
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thee, I have called thee by thy
name; thou art mine. When thou
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passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through
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the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee: when thou walkest
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through the fire, thou shalt
not be burned; neither shall the
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flame kindle upon thee. For
I am the Lord thy God, the Holy
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One of Israel, thy Saviour:
I gave Egypt for thy ransom,
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Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Since thou wast precious in my
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sight, thou hast been honourable
and I have loved thee: therefore
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will I give men for thee, and
people for thy life. Fear not:
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for I am with thee: I will
bring thy seed from the east,
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and gather thee from the west;
I will say to the north, Give
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up; and to the south, Keep not
back: bring my sons from far,
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and my daughters from the ends
of the earth; even every one
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that is called by my name: for
I have created him for my glory,
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I have formed him; yea, I have
made him. Bring forth the blind
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people that have eyes, and the
deaf that have ears. Let all the
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nations be gathered together,
and let the people be assembled:
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who among them can declare this,
and shew us former things? let
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them bring forth their witnesses
that they may be justified: or
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let them hear, and say, It
is truth. Ye are my witnesses,
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saith the Lord, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may
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know and believe me,
and understand that I am he;
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before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be
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after me. I, even I, am the
Lord; and beside me there is
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no saviour. I have declared,
and have saved, and I have
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shewed, when there was no
strange god among you: therefore
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ye are my witnesses, saith the
Lord, that I am God. Yea, before
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the day was I am he; and there
is none that can deliver out of
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my hand: I will work and
who shall let it? Thus saith the
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Lord, your redeemer, the Holy
One of Israel; For your sake I
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have sent to Babylon, and have
brought down all their nobles,
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and the Chaldeans, whose cry
is in the ships. I am the Lord,
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your Holy One, the creator
of Israel, your King. Thus saith
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the Lord, which maketh a way
in the sea, and a path in the
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mighty waters; which bringeth
forth the chariot and horse, the
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army and the power; they shall
lie down together, they shall
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not rise: they are extinct, they
are quenched as tow. Remember
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ye not the former things,
neither consider the things of
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old. Behold, I will do a
new thing; now it shall spring
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forth; shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the
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wilderness, and rivers in the
desert. The beast of the field
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shall honour me, the dragons
and the owls: because I give
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waters in the wilderness and
rivers in the desert, to give
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drink to my people, my chosen.
This people have I formed for
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myself; they shall shew forth
my praise. But thou hast not
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called upon me, O Jacob;
but thou hast been weary of me,
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O Israel. Thou hast not brought
me the small cattle of thy burnt
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offerings; neither hast thou
honoured me with thy sacrifices.
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I have not caused thee to serve
with an offering, nor wearied
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thee with incense. Thou hast
brought me no sweet cane with
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money, neither hast thou
filled me with the fat of thy
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sacrifices: but thou hast made
me to serve with thy sins, thou
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hast wearied me with thine
iniquities. I, even I, am he
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that blotteth out thy
transgressions for mine own
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sake, and will not remember thy
sins. Put me in remembrance: let
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us plead together: declare thou,
that thou mayest be justified.
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Thy first father hath
sinned, and thy teachers have
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transgressed against me.
Therefore I have profaned
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the princes of the sanctuary,
and have given Jacob to the
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curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Continuing in Isaiah chapter 44.
This is the King James Version.
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my
servant; and Israel, whom I have
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chosen: Thus saith the Lord that
made thee, and formed thee from
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the womb, which will help thee;
Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;
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and thou, Jesurun, whom I have
chosen. For I will pour water
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upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground: I
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will pour my spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine
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offspring: and they shall
spring up as among the grass, as
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willows by the water courses.
One shall say, I am the Lord's;
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and another shall call
himself by the name of Jacob;
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and another shall subscribe
with his hand unto the Lord, and
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surname himself by the name of
Israel. Thus saith the Lord the
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King of Israel, and his redeemer
the Lord of hosts; I am the
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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
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order for me, since I appointed
the ancient people? and the
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things that are coming, and
shall come, let them shew unto
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them. Fear ye not, neither
be afraid: have not I told thee
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from that time, and have
declared it? ye are even my
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witnesses. Is there a God
beside me? yea, there is no God;
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I know not any. They that make
a graven image are all of them
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vanity; and their delectable
things shall not profit; and
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they are their own witnesses;
they see not, nor know; that
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they may be ashamed. Who hath
formed a god, or molten a graven
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image that is profitable for
nothing? Behold, all his fellows
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shall be ashamed: and
the workmen, they are of men:
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let them all be gathered
together, let them stand up;
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yet they shall fear, and
they shall be ashamed together.
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The smith with the tongs
both worketh in the coals, and
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fashioneth it with hammers, and
worketh it with the strength of
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his arms: yea, he is hungry,
and his strength faileth: he
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drinketh no water, and is
faint. The carpenter stretcheth
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out his rule; he marketh it out
with a line; he fitteth it with
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planes, and he marketh it out
with the compass, and maketh it
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after the figure of a man,
according to the beauty of a
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man; that it may remain in
the house. He heweth him down
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cedars, and taketh the
cypress and the oak, which he
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strengtheneth for himself among
the trees of the forest: he
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planteth an ash, and the rain
doth nourish it. Then shall it
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be for a man to burn: for
he will take thereof, and warm
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himself; yea, he kindleth
it, and baketh bread; yea, he
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maketh a god, and worshippeth
it; he maketh it a graven image,
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and falleth down thereto.
He burneth part thereof in the
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fire; with part thereof he
eateth flesh; he roasteth roast,
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and is satisfied: yea, he
warmeth himself, and saith,
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Aha, I am warm, I have seen the
fire: and the residue thereof he
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maketh a god, even his graven
image: he falleth down unto it,
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and worshippeth it, and prayeth
unto it, and saith, Deliver me;
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for thou art my
god. They have not known
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nor understood: for
he hath shut their eyes,
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that they cannot
see; in their hearts,
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that they cannot understand.
And none considereth in his
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heart, neither is there
knowledge nor understanding
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to say, I have burned part of
it in the fire; yea, also I have
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baked bread upon the coals
thereof; I have roasted flesh,
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and eaten it: and shall I
make the residue thereof an
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abomination? shall I fall
down to the stock of a tree?
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He feedeth on ashes; a deceived
heart hath turned him aside,
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that he cannot deliver his soul,
nor say, Is there not a lie in
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my right hand? Remember these,
O Jacob and Israel; for thou art
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my servant: I have formed thee;
thou art me servant: O Israel,
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thou shalt not be forgotten
of me. I have blotted out, as a
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thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and as a cloud, thy sins: return
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unto me; for I have redeemed
thee. Sing, O ye heaven; for the
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Lord hath done it: shout,
ye lower parts of the earth:
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break forth into singing, ye
mountains, O forest, and every
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tree therein: for the Lord hath
redeemed Jacob, and glorified
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himself in Israel. Thus saith
the Lord, thy redeemer, and he
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that formed thee from
the womb, I am the Lord.
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