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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch42" data-usfm="ISA.42">
         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is my servant, whom I uphold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">my chosen one in whom I delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">I will put my Spirit on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">and he will bring justice to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He will not shout or cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="content">or raise his voice in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A bruised reed he will not break,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he will not falter or be discouraged</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">till he establishes justice on earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">In his teaching the islands will put their hope.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This is what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who gives breath to its people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">and life to those who walk on it:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have called you in righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will take hold of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will keep you and will make you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">to be a covenant for the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">and a light for the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to open eyes that are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">to free captives from prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; that is my name!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">or my praise to idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the former things have taken place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">and new things I declare;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">before they spring into being</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">I announce them to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Song of Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">his praise from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you islands, and all who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">Let the people of Sela sing for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let them shout from the mountaintops.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let them give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="content">and proclaim his praise in the islands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will march out like a champion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">with a shout he will raise the battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">and will triumph over his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a long time I have kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I have been quiet and held myself back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">But now, like a woman in childbirth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I cry out, I gasp and pant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will lay waste the mountains and hills</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up all their vegetation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">I will turn rivers into islands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up the pools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will turn the darkness into light before them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">and make the rough places smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">These are the things I will do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will not forsake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But those who trust in idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">who say to images, &#8216;You are our gods,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">will be turned back in utter shame.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Blind and Deaf</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, you deaf;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="content">look, you blind, and see!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Who is blind but my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">and deaf like the messenger I send?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">Who is blind like the one in covenant with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">blind like the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="content">your ears are open, but you do not listen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It pleased the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">for the sake of his righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">to make his law great and glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But this is a people plundered and looted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">all of them trapped in pits</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">or hidden away in prisons.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">They have become plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to rescue them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">they have been made loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to say, &#8220;Send them back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Which of you will listen to this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="content">or pay close attention in time to come?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Who handed Jacob over to become loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">and Israel to the plunderers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">Was it not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">against whom we have sinned?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">For they would not follow his ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">they did not obey his law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So he poured out on them his burning anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">the violence of war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch43" data-usfm="ISA.43">
         <div class="label">43</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Only Savior</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But now, this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who created you, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who formed you, Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">I have summoned you by name; you are mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you pass through the waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">I will be with you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">and when you pass through the rivers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">they will not sweep over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">When you walk through the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">you will not be burned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">the flames will not set you ablaze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">I give Egypt for your ransom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Seba in your stead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Since you are precious and honored in my sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">and because I love you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">I will give people in exchange for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">nations in exchange for your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, for I am with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">I will bring your children from the east</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">and gather you from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will say to the north, &#8216;Give them up!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and to the south, &#8216;Do not hold them back.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">Bring my sons from afar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and my daughters from the ends of the earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">everyone who is called by my name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I created for my glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I formed and made.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="content">who have ears but are deaf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the nations gather together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and the peoples assemble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Which of their gods foretold this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and proclaimed to us the former things?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">so that others may hear and say, &#8220;It is true.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are my witnesses,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">&#8220;and my servant whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">so that you may know and believe me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">and understand that I am he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">Before me no god was formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">nor will there be one after me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I, even I, am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="content">and apart from me there is no savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I have revealed and saved and proclaimed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">I, and not some foreign god among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">You are my witnesses,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;that I am God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yes, and from ancient days I am he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">No one can deliver out of my hand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">When I act, who can reverse it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Mercy and Israel&#8217;s Unfaithfulness</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake I will send to Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">in the ships in which they took pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s Creator, your King.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">he who made a way through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">a path through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who drew out the chariots and horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">the army and reinforcements together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">and they lay there, never to rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Forget the former things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="content">do not dwell on the past.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">See, I am doing a new thing!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">I am making a way in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">and streams in the wasteland.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wild animals honor me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">the jackals and the owls,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">because I provide water in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">and streams in the wasteland,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">to give drink to my people, my chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the people I formed for myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="content">that they may proclaim my praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="content">you have not wearied yourselves for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of</span></span></span><span class="content"> me, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">nor honored me with your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">I have not burdened you with grain offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">nor wearied you with demands for incense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">But you have burdened me with your sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">and wearied me with your offenses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, even I, am he who blots out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">your transgressions, for my own sake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">and remembers your sins no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Review the past for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">let us argue the matter together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">state the case for your innocence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your first father sinned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="content">those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">I consigned Jacob to destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43:28 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">and Israel to scorn.</span></span></div>
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