Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to read from the book of
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Isaiah. But before we
start let's pray together.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you
for these beautiful words that
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remind us that you are our
Redeemer, the Holy One, the
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Creator, our Savior and our
friend. Please be with us now
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as we read you word. Amen
We're reading in Isaiah chapter
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44 beginning with verse 24 and
this is the King James Version.
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Thus saith the Lord, thy
redeemer, and he that formed
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thee from the womb, I am
the Lord that maketh all things;
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that stretcheth forth the
heavens alone; that spreadeth
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abroad the earth by myself; that
frustrateth the tokens of the
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liars, and maketh diviners mad;
that turneth wise men backward,
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and maketh their knowledge
foolish; that confirmeth the
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word of his servant, and
performeth the counsel of his
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messengers; that saith
to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be
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inhabited; and to the cities
of Judah, Ye shall be built, and
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I will raise up the decayed
places thereof: that sayeth
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to the deep, Be dry, and I will
dry up thy rivers: that saith
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of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and
shall perform all my pleasure:
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even saying to Jerusalem,
Thou shalt be built; and to the
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temple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
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Continuing in Isaiah chapter 45.
This is the King James Version.
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Thus saith the Lord to his
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right
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hand I have holden, to subdue
nations before him; and I will
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loose the loins of kings, to
open before him the two leaved
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gates; and the gates shall not
be shut; I will go before thee,
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and make the crooked places
straight: I will break in pieces
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the gates of brass, and cut in
sunder the bars of iron: and I
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will give thee the treasures of
darkness, and hidden riches of
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secret places, that thou mayest
know that I, the Lord, which
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call thee by thy name, am
the God of Israel. For Jacob my
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servant's sake, and Israel mine
elect, I have even called thee
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by thy name: I have surnamed
thee, though thou hast not known
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me. I am the Lord, and there
is none else, there is no God
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beside me: I girded thee, though
thou hast not known me: that
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they may know from the rising
of the sun, and from the west
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that there is none beside me.
I am the Lord, and there is none
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else. I form the light, and
create darkness: I make peace,
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and create evil: I the Lord do
all these things. Drop down, ye
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heavens, from above, and let the
skies pour down righteousness:
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let the earth open, and let them
bring forth salvation, and let
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righteousness spring up
together; I the Lord have
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created it. Woe unto him that
striveth with his Maker! Let the
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potsherd strive with
the potsherds of the earth.
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Shall the clay say to him that
fashioneth it, What makest thou?
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or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him that saith unto his
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father, What begettest thou?
or to the woman, What hast thou
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brought forth? Thus saith the
Lord, the Holy One of Israel,
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and his Maker, Ask me of things
to come concerning my sons, and
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concerning the work of my hands
command ye me. I have made the
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earth, and created man upon it:
I, even my hands, have stretched
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out the heavens, and all their
host have I commanded. I have
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raised him up in righteousness,
and I will direct all his ways:
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he shall build my city, and
he shall let go my captives, not
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for price nor reward, saith the
Lord of hosts. Thus saith the
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Lord, the labour of Egypt, and
merchandise of Ethiopia and of
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the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over unto thee and
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they shall be thine: they shall
come after thee; in chains they
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shall come over, and they shall
fall down unto thee, they shall
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make supplication unto thee,
saying, Surely God is in thee;
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and there is none else, there
is no God. Verily thou art a God
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that hidest thyself, O God of
Israel, the Saviour. They shall
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be ashamed, and also confounded,
all of them: they shall go to
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confusion together that
are makers of idols. But Israel
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shall be saved in the Lord with
an everlasting salvation: ye
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shall not be ashamed nor
confounded world without end.
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For thus saith the Lord
that created the heavens;
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God himself that formed
the earth and made it; he hath
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established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be
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inhabited: I am the Lord; and
there is none else. I have not
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spoken in secret, in a dark
place of the earth: I said not
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unto the seed of Jacob, Seek
ye me in vain: I the Lord speak
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righteousness, I
declare things that are right.
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Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together, ye that are
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escaped of the nations:
they have no knowledge that set
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up the wood of their graven
image, and pray unto a god
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that cannot save. Tell ye, and
bring them near; yea, let them
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take counsel together: who hath
declared this from ancient time?
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who hath told it from that time?
have not I the Lord? and there
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is no God else beside me; a just
God and a Saviour; there is none
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beside me. Look unto me, and
be ye saved, all the ends of the
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earth: for I am God, and there
is none else. I have sworn by
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myself, the word is gone out of
my mouth in righteousness, and
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shall not return, That unto
me every knee shall bow, every
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tongue shall swear. Surely,
shall one say, in the Lord have
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I righteousness and strength:
even to him shall men come; and
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all that are incensed against
him shall be ashamed. In the
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Lord shall all the seed of
Israel be justified and shall
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glory. Continuing
with Isaiah chapter
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46 and this is the
King James Version.
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Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,
their idols were upon the beasts
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and upon the cattle: your
carriages were heavy loaden;
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they are a burden to the weary
beast. They stoop, they bow down
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together; they could not deliver
the burden, but themselves are
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gone into captivity. Hearken
unto me, O house of Jacob, and
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all the remnant of the house
of Israel, which are borne by me
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from the belly, which are
carried from the womb: and even
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to your old age I am he; and
even to hoar hairs will I carry
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you: I have made, and I will
bear; even I will carry, and
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will deliver you. To whom will
ye liken me, and make me equal,
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and compare me, that we may
be like? They lavish gold out of
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the bag, and weigh silver in the
balance, and hire a goldsmith;
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and he maketh it a god: they
fall down, yea, they worship.
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They bear him upon the shoulder,
they carry him, and set him in
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his place, and he standeth;
from his place shall he not
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remove: yea, one shall cry unto
him, yet can he not answer, nor
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save him out of his
trouble. Remember this, and shew
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yourselves men: bring it again
to mind, O ye transgressors.
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Remember the former things of
old: for I am God, and there is
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none else; I am God, and there
is none like me, declaring the
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end from the beginning, and from
ancient times the things that
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are not yet done, saying, My
counsel shall stand, and I will
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do all my pleasure: calling
a ravenous bird from the east,
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the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea,
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I have spoken it, I will
also bring it to pass; I have
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purposed it, I will also
do it. Hearken unto me, ye
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stouthearted, that are far from
righteousness: I bring near my
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righteousness; it shall not be
far off, and my salvation shall
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not tarry: and I will place
salvation in Zion for Israel my
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glory. Continuing
with Isaiah chapter
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47 and this is the
King James Version.
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Come down, and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon,
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sit on the ground: there is
no throne, O daughter of the
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Chaldeans: for thou shalt
no more be called tender and
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delicate. Take the millstones,
and grind meal: uncover thy
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locks, make bare the leg,
uncover the thigh, pass over
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the rivers. Thy nakedness shall
be uncovered, yea, thy shame
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shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet
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thee as a man. As for our
redeemer, the Lord of hosts is
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his name, the Holy One of
Israel. Sit thou silent, and get
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thee into darkness, O daughter
of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt
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no more be called, the lady
of kingdoms. I was wroth with my
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people, I have polluted mine
inheritance, and given them into
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hand: thou didst shew them
no mercy; upon the ancient hast
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thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
And thou saidst, I shall be a
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lady for ever: so that thou
didst not lay these things to
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thy heart, neither didst
remember the latter end of it.
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Therefore hear now this, thou
that art given to pleasures,
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that dwellest carelessly, that
sayest in thine heart, I am, and
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none else beside me; I shall
not sit as a widow, neither
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shall I know the loss of
children: but these two things
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shall come to thee in a moment
in one day, the loss of children
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and widowhood: they shall come
upon thee in their perfection
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for the multitude of thy
sorceries, and for the great
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abundance of thine enchantments.
For thou hast trusted in thy
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wickedness: thou has said, None
seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy
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knowledge, it hath perverted
thee; and thou hast said in
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thine heart, I am, and none else
beside me. Therefore shall evil
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come upon thee; thou shalt not
know from whence it riseth: and
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mischief shall fall upon thee;
thou shalt not be able to put
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it off: and desolation shall
come upon thee suddenly, which
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thou shalt not know. Stand
now with thine enchantments, and
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with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast
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laboured from thy youth; if so
be thou shalt be able to profit,
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if so be thou mayest
prevail. Thou are wearied in the
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multitude of thy counsels.
Let now the astrologers, the
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stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and
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save thee from these things that
shall come upon thee. Behold,
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they shall be as stubble; the
fire shall burn them; they shall
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not deliver themselves from the
power of the flame: there shall
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not be a coal to warm at,
nor fire to sit before it.
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Thus shall they be unto thee
with whom thou hast laboured,
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even thy merchants, from thy
youth: they shall wander every
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one to his quarter;
none shall save thee.
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Continuing now
with Isaiah chapter 48.
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This is the King James Version.
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Hear ye this, O house of Jacob,
which are called by the name of
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Israel, and are come forth out
of the waters of Judah, which
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swear by the name of the Lord,
and make mention of the God of
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Israel, but not in truth, nor
in righteousness. For they call
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themselves of the holy city, and
stay themselves upon the God of
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Israel; the Lord of hosts is his
name. I have declared the former
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things from the beginning; and
they went forth out of my mouth,
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and I shewed them; I did them
suddenly, and they came to pass.
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Because I knew that thou art
obstinate, and thy neck is an
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iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
I have even from the beginning
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declared it to thee; before it
came to pass I shewed it thee:
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lest thou shouldest say,
Mine idol hath done them, and my
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graven image, and my molten
image, hath commanded them.
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Thou hast heard, see all this;
and will not ye declare it?
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I have shewed thee new things
from this time, even hidden
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things, and thou didst not know
them. They are created now, and
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not from the beginning;
even before the day when thou
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heardest them not; lest thou
shouldest say, Behold, I knew
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them. Yea, thou heardest not;
yea, thou knewest not; yea, from
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that time that thine ear was
not opened: for I knew that thou
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wouldest deal very treacherously
and wast called a transgressor
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from the womb. For my name's
sake will I defer mine anger,
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and for my praise will I refrain
for thee, that I cut thee not
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off. Behold, I have refined
thee but not with silver; I have
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chosen thee in the furnace
of affliction. For mine own sake
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will I do it: for how should my
name be polluted? and I will not
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give my glory unto another.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
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Israel, my called; I am he;
I am the first, I also and the
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last. Mine hand also hath laid
the foundation of the earth, and
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my right hand hath spanned the
heavens: when I call unto them,
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they stand up together. All ye,
assemble yourselves, and hear;
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which among them hath declared
these things? The Lord hath
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loved him: he will do his
pleasure on Babylon, and his
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arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I
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have called him: I have
brought him, and he shall
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make his way prosperous.
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