Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
today we're going to be reading
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together from the book of Isaiah
but let's pray before we start.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank you
again for these words that you
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have sent to us and preserved
for us, and now we bid you to
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teach us as we hear them what
you would have us to know today.
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Please be with us now as we
read. We love you and thank you
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for loving us. Amen.
I'm reading in the book of
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Isaiah chapter 48
beginning with verse 16.
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and this is the
King James Version
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Come ye near unto me, hear
ye this; I have not spoken in
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secret from the beginning; from
the time that it was, there am
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I: and now the Lord God,
and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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Thus saith the Lord, thy
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel
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I am the Lord thy God which
teacheth thee to profit, which
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leadeth thee by the way that
thou shouldest go. O that thou
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hadst hearkened to my
commandments! then had thy peace
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been as a river, and thy
righteousness as the waves of
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the sea: thy seed also had been
as the sand, and the offspring
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of thy bowels like the gravel
thereof; his name should not
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have been cut off nor destroyed
from before me. Go ye forth of
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Babylon, flee ye from the
Chaldeans, with a voice of
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singing declare ye, tell this,
utter it even to the end of the
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earth; say ye, The Lord
hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
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And they thirsted not when
he led them through the deserts:
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he caused the waters to flow out
of the rock for them: he clave
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the rock also, and the waters
gushed out. There is no peace,
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saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
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Continuing in the
book of Isaiah chapter 49.
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This is the King James Version
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Listen, O isles, unto me; and
hearken, ye people, from far;
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The Lord hath called me from
the womb; from the bowels of
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my mother hath he made mention
of my name. And he hath made my
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mouth like a sharp sword; in the
shadow of his hand hath he hid
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me, and made me a polished
shaft; in his quiver hath he hid
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me; and said unto me, Thou art
my servant, O Israel, in whom
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I will be glorified. Then I
said, I have laboured in vain,
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I have spent my strength for
nought, and in vain: yet surely
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my judgment is with the
Lord, and my work with my God.
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And now, saith the Lord that
formed me from the womb to be
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his servant, to bring Jacob
again to him, Though Israel be
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not gathered, yet shall I
be glorious in the eyes of the
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Lord, and my God shall be my
strength. And he said, It is a
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light thing that thou shouldest
be my servant to raise up the
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tribes of Jacob, and to restore
the preserved of Israel: I will
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also give thee for a light to
the Gentiles, that thou mayest
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be my salvation unto the end of
the earth. Thus saith the Lord,
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the Redeemer of Israel, and
his Holy One, to him whom man
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despiseth, to him whom the
nation abhorreth, to a servant
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of rulers, Kings shall see
and arise, princes also shall
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worship, because of the Lord
that is faithful, and the Holy
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One of Israel, and he shall
choose thee. Thus saith the
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Lord, In an acceptable time have
I heard thee, and in a day of
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salvation have I helped thee:
and I will preserve thee, and
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give thee for a covenant of the
people, to establish the earth,
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to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages; that thou mayest say
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to the prisoners, Go forth; to
them that are in darkness, Shew
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yourselves. They shall feed
in the ways, and their pastures
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shall be in all high places.
They shall not hunger nor
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thirst; neither shall the heat
nor sun smite them: for he that
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hath mercy on them shall lead
them, even by the springs of
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water shall he guide them. And
I will make all my mountains a
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way, and my highways shall
be exalted. Behold, these shall
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come from far: and, lo, these
from the north and from the
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west; and these from the land
of Sinim. Sing, O heavens; and
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be joyful, O earth; and break
forth into singing, O mountains:
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for the Lord hath comforted his
people, and will have mercy upon
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his afflicted. But Zion said,
The Lord hath forsaken me, and
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my Lord hath forgotten me.
Can a woman forget her sucking
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child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her
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womb? yea, they may forget,
yet will I not forget thee.
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Behold, I have graven thee upon
the palms of my hands; thy walls
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are continually before me. Thy
children shall make haste; thy
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destroyers and they that made
thee waste shall go forth of
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thee. Lift up thine eyes round
about, and behold: all these
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gather themselves together,
and come to thee. As I live,
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saith the Lord, thou shalt
surely clothe thee with them
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all, as with an ornament, and
bind them on thee, as a bride
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doeth. For thy waste and
thy desolate places, and the
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land of thy destruction, shall
even now be too narrow by reason
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of the inhabitants, and they
that swallowed thee up shall
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be far away. The children which
thou shalt have, after thou hast
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lost the other, shall say again
in thine ears, The place is too
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strait for me: give place to
me that I may dwell. Then shalt
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thou say in thine heart, Who
hath begotten me these, seeing
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I have lost my children,
and am desolate, a captive, and
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removing to and fro? and who
hath brought up these? Behold,
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I was left alone; these, where
had they been? Thus saith the
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Lord God, Behold, I will lift
up mine hand to the Gentiles,
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and set up my standard to the
people: and they shall bring thy
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sons in their arms, and thy
daughters shall be carried upon
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their shoulders. And kings shall
be thy nursing fathers, and
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their queens thy nursing
mothers: they shall bow down
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to thee with their face toward
the earth, and lick up the dust
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of thy feet; and thou shalt know
that I am the Lord: for they
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shall not be ashamed that wait
for me. Shall the prey be taken
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from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered? But thus
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saith the Lord, Even the
captives of the mighty shall be
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taken away, and the prey of the
terrible shall be delivered: for
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I will contend with him that
contendeth with thee, and I will
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save thy children. And I will
feed them that oppress thee with
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their own flesh; and they shall
be drunken with their own blood,
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as with sweet wine: and
all flesh shall know that I the
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Lord am thy Savior and
thy Redeemer, the might One of
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Jacob. Continuing now in Isaiah
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chapter 50 and this is
the King James Version.
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Thus saith the Lord, Where
is the bill of your mother's
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divorcement, whom I have put
away? or which of my creditors
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is it to whom I have sold you?
Behold, for your iniquities have
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ye sold yourselves, and for your
transgressions is your mother
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put away. Wherefore, when I
came, was there no man? when I
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called, was there none to
answer? Is my hand shortened
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at all, that it cannot redeem?
or have I no power to deliver?
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behold, at my rebuke I dry
up the sea, I make the rivers a
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wilderness: their fish stinketh,
because there is no water, and
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dieth for thirst. I clothe the
heavens with blackness, and I
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make sackcloth their covering.
The Lord God hath given me the
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tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak a word
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in season to him that is weary:
he wakeneth morning by morning,
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he wakeneth mine ear to hear
as the learned. The Lord God
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hath opened mine ear, and
I was not rebellious, neither
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turned away back. I gave
my back to the smiters, and my
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cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid not my face from
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shame and spitting. For the
Lord God will help me; therefore
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shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face
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like a flint, and I know that I
shall not be ashamed. He is near
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that justifieth me; who will
contend with me? let us stand
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together: who is mine adversary?
let him come near to me. Behold,
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the Lord God will help me; who
is he that shall condemn me? lo,
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they all shall wax old as
a garment; the moth shall eat
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them up. Who is among you that
feareth the Lord, that obeyeth
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the voice of his servant, that
walketh in darkness, and hath
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no light? let him trust in the
name of the Lord, and stay upon
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his God. Behold, all ye
that kindle a fire, that compass
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yourselves about with sparks:
walk in the light of your fire,
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and in the sparks that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of
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mine hand; ye
shall lie down in sorrow.
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Continuing with
Isaiah chapter 51.
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This is the King James Version
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Hearken to me, ye that follow
after righteousness, ye that
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seek the Lord: look unto
the rock whence ye are hewn, and
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to the hole of the pit whence
ye are digged. Look unto Abraham
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your father, and unto Sarah
that bare you: for I called him
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alone, and blessed him and
increased him. For the Lord
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shall comfort Zion: he will
comfort all her waste places;
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and he will make her wilderness
like Eden, and her desert like
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the garden of the Lord; joy and
gladness shall be found therein,
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thanksgiving, and the voice
of melody. Hearken unto me, my
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people; and give ear unto
me, O my nation: for a law shall
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proceed from me, and I will make
my judgment to rest for a light
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of the people. My righteousness
is near; my salvation is gone
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forth, and mine arms shall judge
the people; the isles shall wait
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upon me, and on mine arms shall
they trust. Lift up your eyes to
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heavens, and look upon the earth
beneath: for the heavens shall
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vanish away like smoke, and
the earth shall wax old like a
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garment, and they that
dwell therein shall die in like
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manner: but my salvation
shall be for ever, and my
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righteousness shall not be
abolished. Hearken unto me,
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ye that know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is my
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law; fear ye not the reproach
of men, neither be ye afraid
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of their revilings. For the moth
shall eat them up like a garment
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and the worm shall eat them like
wool: but my righteousness shall
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be for ever, and my salvation
from generation to generation.
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Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the Lord; awake, as in
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the ancient days, in the
generations of old. Art thou
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not it that hath cut Rahab, and
wounded the dragon? Art thou not
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it which hath dried the sea,
the waters of the great deep;
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that hath made the depths of the
sea a way for the ransomed to
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pass over? Therefore the
redeemed of the Lord shall
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return, and come with singing
unto Zion; and everlasting joy
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shall be upon their head: they
shall obtain gladness and joy;
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and sorrow and sighing shall
flee away. I, even I, am he that
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comforteth you: who art thou,
that thou shouldest be afraid
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of a man that shall die, and
of the son of man which shall be
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made as grass; And forgettest
the Lord thy maker, that hath
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stretched forth the heavens,
and laid the foundations of the
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earth; and hast feared
continually every day because
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of the fury of the oppressor,
as if he were ready to destroy?
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and where is the fury of
the oppressor? The captive exile
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hasteneth that he may be loosed,
and that he should not die in
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the pit, nor that his bread
should fail. But I am the Lord
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thy God, that divided the sea,
whose waves roared: The Lord
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hosts is his name. And I have
put my words in thy mouth, and
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I have covered thee in the
shadow of mine hand, that I may
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plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and
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say unto Zion, Thou art my
people. Awake, awake, stand up,
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O Jerusalem, which hast drunk
at the hand of the Lord the cup
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of his fury; thou hast
drunken the dregs of the cup of
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trembling, and wrung them out.
There is none to guide her among
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all the sons whom she hath
brought forth; neither is there
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any that taketh her by the hand
of all the sons that she hath
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brought up. These two things
are come unto thee; who shall be
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sorry for thee? desolation, and
destruction, and the famine, and
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the sword: by whom shall I
comfort thee? Thy sons have
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fainted, they lie at the head
of all the streets, as a wild
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bull in a net: they are full of
the fury of the Lord, the rebuke
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of thy God. Therefore hear
now this, thou afflicted, and
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drunken, but not with wine: Thus
saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy
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God that pleadeth the cause of
his people, Behold, I have taken
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of thine hand the cup of
trembling, even the dregs of the
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cup of my fury; thou shalt no
more drink it again: But I will
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put it into the hand of them
that afflict thee; which have
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said to thy soul, Bow down, that
we may go over: and thou hast
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laid thy body as the ground, and
as the street, to them that went
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over.
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