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\c 48
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\q1
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\v 1 Descendants of Jacob,
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\q2 who are also descendants of Judah and are now called the people of Israel,
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\q2 listen to Yahweh!
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\q1 You make solemn promises using the name of Yahweh,
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\q2 and you request that the God to whom you Israelite people belong will hear you,
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\q2 but you do not do it sincerely.
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\q1
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\v 2 You say that you live in the holy city of Jerusalem
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\q2 and you insincerely say that you are relying on the God to whom you people of Israel belong,
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\q2 the one who is Yahweh, commander of the angel armies.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 "Long ago I predicted what would happen.
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\q2 And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
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\q1
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\v 4 I knew that you people were very stubborn;
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\q2 I knew that your heads were as hard as iron or brass.
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\q1
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\v 5 That is why I told you those things long ago.
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\q2 Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur,
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\q1 in order that when they happened you could not say
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\q2 'Our idols did it;
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\q2 our statue carved out of wood or our idol made of metal caused them to happen.'
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\q1
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\v 6 You have heard those things that I predicted,
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\q2 and now you have seen that they have all occurred,
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\q1 so why do you not admit it?
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\b
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\q1 Now I will tell you new things,
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\q2 things that you have not known previously.
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\q1
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\v 7 I am causing them to happen now;
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\q2 they are not things I did long ago.
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\q1 So you cannot say, 'We already knew about those things.'
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\q1
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\v 8 I will tell you about things that you have never heard about or understood before.
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\q2 Even long ago you did not pay attention to me.
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\q1 I know that you act very deceitfully;
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\q2 you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation.
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\v 9 But for my own sake, in order that I will be honored,
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\q2 I will not punish you immediately
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\q2 and I will not completely get rid of you.
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\q1
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\v 10 I have purified you, but not the way people refine silver.
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\q1 Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much to get rid of your impure behavior,
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\v 11 But for my own sake I will delay punishing you more;
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\q1 I will delay for my own sake,
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\q2 in order that my reputation will not be damaged.
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\q1 I will not allow any person or any idol to be honored as I deserve to be honored."
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\q1
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\v 12 "You descendants of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen,
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\q2 listen to me!
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\q1 Only I am God;
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\q2 I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
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\q1
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\v 13 I am the one who laid the foundation of the earth.
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\q2 I stretched out the sky with my hand.
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\q1 And when I tell the stars to appear,
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\q2 they all do what I tell them.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 14 All of you, gather together and listen to me.
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\q2 None of your idols has told this to you:
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\q1 I, Yahweh, have chosen Cyrus to assist me,
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\q2 and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do,
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\q2 and his army will destroy the army of Babylonia.
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\v 15 I have said it;
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\q2 I have summoned Cyrus.
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\q1 I have appointed him,
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\q2 and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
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\b
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\p
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\v 16 Come close to me and listen to what I say.
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\q1 Long ago I told you plainly what would happen,
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\q2 and when those things occurred, I was causing them to happen."
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\b
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\q1 And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me, the prophet Isaiah, to give you a message.
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\v 17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of us Israelites, says:
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\q2 "I am Yahweh, your God;
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\q1 I teach you what is important for you to prosper;
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\q2 I direct you and lead you to do the things that you should do.
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\v 18 I wish that you had paid attention to my commands!
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\q2 If you had done that, things would have gone well for you
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\q2 like a river that flows gently;
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\q1 you would have been successful again and again,
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\q2 like waves that come without ceasing.
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\v 19 Your descendants would have been as many as the grains of sand on the seashore
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\q2 which no one can count.
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\q1 I would not have needed to destroy them;
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\q2 the country of Israel would not have been destroyed.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 20 However, now I tell you,
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\q2 leave Babylon!
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\q1 Flee from being slaves of the people of Babylonia!
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\q1 Proclaim this message joyfully;
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\q2 send it to the most remote places on the earth:
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\q1 'Yahweh freed the people of Israel from being slaves in Egypt.'
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\q2
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\v 21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert,
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\q1 because he split open the rock
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\q2 and caused water to gush out for them to drink.'
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\b
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\v 22 But things will not go well like that for wicked people," says Yahweh.
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