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Hear this, House of Yaaqov, those called by the name of Yisra’el and who came forth from the waters of Yehudah; those swearing by the Name of Yahuah and making remembrance of the Elohim of Yisra’el, but not in truth and not in Righteousness.
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For they call themselves from the holy city and lean upon the Elohim of Yisra’el— Yahuah of Hosts is His Name.
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“The former things I declared from ancient time. From My Mouth they went forth, and I caused them to be heard. Suddenly I worked, and they came.
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Because I knew that you are hard, that your neck is a sinew of iron and your forehead bronze,
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I declared it to you from ancient time. Before it came, I caused you to hear, lest you say, ‘My idol did them; my carved image and my cast image commanded them.’
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You have heard; behold all of it. And will you not declare it? From now I cause you to hear new things, guarded things you did not know.
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Now they are created, and not from ancient time; and before this day you had not heard them, lest you say, ‘See, I knew them.’
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Indeed, you did not hear; indeed, you did not know; indeed, from ancient time your ear was not opened. For I knew that acting treacherously, you would act treacherously, and from the womb you were called a transgressor.
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For the sake of My Name I delay My anger, and for My praise I restrain it toward you, so as not to cut you off.
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See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it; for how should My Name be profaned? And My glory I do not give to another.
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Listen to Me, Yaaqov, and Yisra’el, whom I called. I am He. I am the First; indeed, I am the Last.
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Indeed, My hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread the heavens. I call to them; together they stand.
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Gather, all of you, and hear. Who among them declared these things? Yahuah loves him; he shall do His desire against Bavel, and His arm against the Kasdim.
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I, I have spoken; indeed, I called him. I brought him, and his way shall prosper.
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Draw near to Me; hear this: From the beginning I did not speak in concealment. From the time it came to be, I was there. And now Adonai Yahuah has sent Me, and His ruach.”
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Thus says Yahuah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra’el: “I am Yahuah your Elohim, teaching you to profit, causing you to walk in the way you should go.
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If only you had listened to My commandments, then your shalom would have been like a river and your Righteousness like the waves of the sea.
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Your seed would have been like the sand and the offspring of your inward parts like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before My face.”
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Go out from Bavel. Flee from the Kasdim. With a voice of shouting declare; cause this to be heard. Send it out to the end of the earth. Say, “Yahuah has redeemed His servant Yaaqov.”
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They did not thirst when He caused them to walk through dry places. He caused water to flow from the rock for them; He split the rock, and waters gushed.
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“There is no shalom for the wicked,” says Yahuah.