Thussaith God the LORD, he thatcreated the heavens, and stretchedthem out; he thatspreadforth the earth, and thatwhichcometh out of it; he thatgivethbreathunto the peopleupon it, and spirit to themthatwalktherein:
I the LORDhavecalledthee in righteousness, and willholdthinehand, and willkeepthee, and givethee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Singunto the LORD a new song, and his praisefrom the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitantsthereof.
Let the wilderness and the citiesthereoflift up theirvoice, the villagesthatKedardothinhabit: let the inhabitants of the rocksing, let themshoutfrom the top of the mountains.
And I willbring the blind by a way thattheyknew not; I willleadthem in pathsthattheyhave not known: I willmakedarknesslightbeforethem, and crookedthingsstraight. Thesethingswill I do untothem, and not forsakethem.
But this is a peoplerobbed and spoiled; they are all of themsnared in holes, and they are hid in prisonhouses: they are for a prey, and nonedelivereth; for a spoil, and nonesaith, Restore.
Who gaveJacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he againstwhom we havesinned? for theywould not walk in his ways, neitherweretheyobedientunto his law.
Therefore he hathpouredupon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fireroundabout, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.