But now thussaith the LORDthatcreatedthee, O Jacob, and he thatformedthee, O Israel, Fear not: for I haveredeemedthee, I havecalledthee by thy name; thou art mine.
Whenthoupassestthrough the waters, I will be withthee; and through the rivers, theyshall not overflowthee: whenthouwalkestthrough the fire, thoushalt not be burned; neithershall the flamekindleuponthee.
Let all the nations be gatheredtogether, and let the people be assembled: who amongthem can declarethis, and shew us formerthings? let thembringforththeirwitnesses, thatthey may be justified: or let themhear, and say, It is truth.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servantwhom I havechosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understandthat I am he: before me there was no God formed, neithershallthere be after me.
Thussaith the LORD, yourredeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For yoursake I havesent to Babylon, and havebroughtdown all theirnobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Whichbringethforth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; theyshall lie downtogether, theyshall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
The beast of the fieldshallhonour me, the dragons and the owls: because I givewaters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to givedrink to my people, my chosen.
Thouhast not brought me the smallcattle of thy burntofferings; neitherhastthouhonoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not causedthee to servewith an offering, nor weariedtheewithincense.
Thouhastbought me no sweetcanewithmoney, neitherhastthoufilled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thouhastmade me to servewith thy sins, thouhastwearied me withthineiniquities.